19.12.2013
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Torn in half
http://www.paraglidingforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=p390150#p390150
After I got into the cloud, for about 45 minutes, I did experience
all kinds of situations, collapses, rain, thunders, ice, frontals, and stalls.
It was dark, remember feeling lots of water, and being cover with ice. Remember
strong sounds of the wind passing thru the canopy, the canopy was making loud
sounds, I kept fighting trying to keep the canopy open at all times, which
partially worked till I got into a series of collapses combined with stalls,
ending up with a big cravat. Not sure If I was into a spiral dive, or an
infinity loop, sure It was a very strong spiral, but felt like a tumbling, as I
my body was hitting the bars very strong, and feeling a very strong force,
pulling my entire body head first, thinking to myself that I was going to exit
the harness from the upper part.
I began feeling dizzy and weak, partially let go and surrender, my memories came
to me, my family my little niece, my husband my mom, I did not want to die that
way, I had much to live for. I came back to reality, all the sounds came back,
all the pain and screaming came back, did try again and again to reach the
reserve handle, but unable to, suddenly strong sounds came from above, at that
time I did not know what it was, but the G forces went away, felt lost of air
speed, grab the harness and went down to the reserve handle, and could not
pulled with 1 hand, got my second hand there too, and managed to pull the
reserve out. Still in the clouds.
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