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2026-07-27 17:56 UTC
#History
Ewa Wiśnierska (née Cieślewicz; born 23 December 1971) is a Polish paraglider, a member of the German national paragliding team, who won the Paragliding World Cup on several occasions.
On 14 February 2007, in spite of a forecast of violent thunderstorms, Wiśnierska decided to try to fly in order to train for the 2007 World Paragliding Championships near Manilla, New South Wales, Australia.
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@HopelessDemigod@mstdn.social 2026-07-27 17:56
She was sucked into the ascending current of a cumulonimbus cloud, a cloud responsible for large and heavy rains, usually with hail inside and extremely low temperatures. Unable to get out, she was lifted to an altitude of 10,054 metres (32,986 ft), according to her global positioning system (GPS) data. The GPS variometer also tracked vertical speeds of up to 21 m/s (77 kilometres per hour (48 mph)).