Friday, February 16, 2007

up in the air

first the story about the parachute malfunction and the guy falling from 14,000 feet yet still among the living, then this story about a paraglider who got sucked up by a storm to 32,612 feet, falling unconscious for an hour, waking up encased by ice, and making her way back down alive.

in contrast, an airplane has pressurization and supplemental oxygen from 12,000 up. hmmmm, i like having my feet on the ground!

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