http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/canberran-paraglider-is-high-as-a-kite-and-going-the-record-distance-20140311-34kls.html

Winched into the air behind a car near Deniliquin, Canberra public
servant Kari Roberson was not expecting a close brush with disaster before
breaking an Australian women's record for paragliding.

Nine hours and 297 kilometres later at sunset near Lake Cargelligo, Ms. Roberson
descended from the heavens and contacted her husband, Matt Ellis, and her
parents to say she had the record. Hours earlier her heart and canopy were
racing as she skimmed along at low altitude, hoping a sudden canopy collapse
would not dump her many kilometres from roads and rescue.

On a two-month break from work, Ms. Roberson had driven 13,500 kilometres across
Victoria and NSW, competing at Bright, Corryong and Manilla. She flew more than
100 hours and 2200 kilometres cross-country over the holiday, including that
mid-January day when she launched about 12:30pm.