A paraglider in China went into a limbo last week that was accidentally able to reach little survivable heights. According to state media, Peng Yujiang, a 55-year-old paraglider from Gansu province, flew almost 8,600 meters above sea level, or about 28,200 feet, or about 5.3 yards, in the Qilian mountain range in northwest China’s Qinghai and Gansu counties on Saturday night. The event featured terrifying circumstances that he encountered, and it was captured on a camera attached to his products. Peng’s conference and flight paths are almost on par with those of Mount Everest, but they are also nearly on par with them. In the movie, which was initially posted on social media and later shared by Chinese state press, his face and body are covered in ice and snow. I experienced a lack of air. My fingers were outside in a puddle. According to Sixth Tone, an English-language state-owned shop in China, Peng continued to attempt to speak on the radio in a film that was recorded after the event. At a height of 3, 000 meters above sea level, or about 10,000 ft, Peng was testing tools as part of “ground handling education,” which paragliders claim is essential to managing healthy launch. However, a strong breeze abruptly thrust him into the clouds. As the document increased and he was pulled up above the clouds, he was unable to handle the aircraft or property. Peng was allegedly the victim of a possibly dangerous ailment that paragliders refer to as” sky suck,” in which a captain is slammed headfirst into a cloud. People at high altitudes run the risk of ischemia, or gas deprivation, due to the thin air. A serious hypoxia can endanger or harm an organ. However, Peng was able to get about 20 km away from the point where he took off. He has since stated that,” Thinking about it also makes me very worried,” and he is in good health and recovering from his surprise trip. According to local news media reports, Peng, a qualified paraglider, will be prohibited from the activity for six months. Additionally, it noted that flying at locations in the area will be suspended for an undetermined amount of time, according to local news media. However, according to Peng’s claim that he did not have a trip planned and was receiving ground handling education, which does not require participants to enroll plans in advance, the organization determined that Peng’s tragedy was an accident. According to the South China Morning Post, a second captain was even prohibited from flying for six months because he released event images without authorization, according to the agency’s report. Peng wasn’t the first paraglider to unintentionally reach this height. Just days before the World Paragliding Championships, Ewa Wisnierska, a champion Polish paraglider who competed on the German national team, unintentionally broke the height record on a practice flight in Australia in 2007 by reaching over 10,000 meters, or 32, 000 feet. Her 6-mile ascent was difficult, and she eventually landed on a farm, more than 50 miles away, and passed out in the air. Another paraglider that was sucked into the clouds that day was unable to survive. I still fly today, but I do it solely for fun and to teach at my paragliding school. I’m no longer able to understand competition, Wisnierska reported to People magazine last year. This definitely altered a lot of my priorities and made me realize that there are far more important things in life than championship victories and medals. Why did this pilot survive while I did not, I frequently wonder?
