Hugh
writes (using a scribe):

I was observing Ann Dunlap hang gliding yesterday at Daniels. She
had her first soaring flight! I launched my paraglider after she landed.

I had a good flight, got to 600' over and came out to land after twenty five
minutes. The LZ was not scary. At twenty feet the glider surged in front of me
and I pounded in hard.

I broke both of my legs at boot top with open fracture of tibia on right. I also
broke my right wrist and shattered the L1 vertebra.

Ann handled the emergency superbly. ER squad immediately ordered a helicopter. I
am in UVA hospital. Nine hours to reconstruct vertebra and reduce open fracture.
Just had filter installed in vena cava to prevent blood clots from invading
lungs. Further surgeries coming for both legs and wrist. I can wiggle my toes!

Hugh is a USHPA Regional Director and hang glider pilot in the
Washington DC area. He just retired from the federal government. He posted this
on Facebook and I obtained his permission to repost it here.