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Thought I was flying straight, but I was walking: Chinese paraglider was swept away by 29,000 feet without oxygen

A Chinese paraglider had migrated a miraculous migration after a powerful updraft on the Kyulian mountain in Gansu province after a powerful updraft was about 29,000 feet in the sky.Peng Yuziang, an experienced B-tier paraglider, was testing the harness of another hand on Saturday, when the wind suddenly woke up and lifted it elevated in the upper environment-of an oxygen equipment.Peng told China Central Television (CCTV), “I had just bought a paragliding harness of another hand and wanted to test it, so I was operating the ground parachute shakes.” “After a while, the wind suddenly picked up and took me into the air. I tried to get down as soon as possible, but I failed.”Amateur video broadcast by Chinese state media showed Peng flowing through thick clouds, ripening her face and clothes as she was struggling with cold positions at a height of 8,598 meters (28,208 ft).He described that there is a thick communus being trapped inside the clouds and completely disorientation. “It was terrible – everything around me was white. Without a compass, I would not know in which direction I was going. I thought I was flying straight, but in fact, I was spinning,” he said.Despite losing almost consciousness due to the cold and feeling in your hands, the pension managed to navigate in his own way using his compass and kept in touch with the teammates of the team through radio.“As soon as I came out of the clouds, I was very excited because I survived,” he said. “The most scary moment was when I tried to pull out of the spiral and failed and when the canopy nose. It is still frightening to think.”Peng, who has been paragliding for more than four years, said that experience has shaken him. He said, “I am not sure about the future, but now I will definitely not fly for a while,” he said.

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