Survivor comments her 90 min hypoxic ride to +10,000m

[trux]

A German paraglider (Polish by origin) training for next week's world championships in Australia survived minus-50-degree temperatures and being battered by hailstones the size of tennis balls when she was sucked up to an altitude at which passenger jets fly.

Ewa Wisnierska, 35, told Friday of being unconscious for most of a 90-minute ride inside a storm system that killed a fellow paraglider.

Source:
German paraglider tells of cheating death (Roundup) - Asia-Pacific_

Paraglider survives icy hell | Herald Sun

Ewa Wisnierska. Picture: SkyFly website​

 

[shoutatthesky]

She is 35? See what breath holding can do for your looks!rofl rofl

No, seriously she is one lucky woman and the fact that she was unconcious for such a long time and her wing stayed up - no collapses, atleast none that didn't self correct - says a lot for the designers of modern wings!!

 

[Jee]

Scary story, nice lady.

And it is also interesting for us freedivers, that she stayed in hypoxic circumstances for such a long time, and being unconscious, this didn't harm her! This means, that in "sleep mode" the brain and body O2 consumption is really low - without bad consequences.

 

[trux]

And it is also interesting for us freedivers, that she stayed in hypoxic circumstances for such a long time, and being unconscious, this didn't harm her! This means, that in "sleep mode" the brain and body O2 consumption is really low - without bad consequences.

Well, I think that the -50°C was an important factor in the oxygen consumption, and that it is something you do not necessarily want to experience during your diving.

Also, although there is quite little oxygen in that height, there is still some, so it is also hard to make any conclusion from it for freediving.

Still - it is certainly a very respectful "performance" and incredible luck!

 

[serge-dagher]

indeed a very respectfull performance...

i always thought am a person who doesn't get cold even when it's freezing outside, but this has defenatly got me thinking would i still be chilled in such temperature that she went throu....
again nice performance and her bag of luck- needs recharging...

safe diving u'all