May 24, when he flew in the Qilian Mountains, Pengu Yujang was pulled into a strong cloud whirl, also known as “Cloud Suck” and rose to 8,598 meters (28200 feet). It was almost as high as Mount Everest (29 030 feet).
He had no oxygen masks. He survived extreme cold and high wind speeds that could cause frostbite in minutes. Fortunately, he lacked serious thunderstorms.
At this height it was -40 ° C with strong wind. Pengu suffered frostbite and low oxygen levels, but managed to record the whole 72 -minute flight.
Paraglider later said he knew he had trouble when his hands were numb and could not properly control the parachute. Although he recovered, his face and fingers were frostbite.
“It was scary … everything was white. I saw no direction. Without a compass I wouldn’t know what way I was going. I thought I was flying straight, but I actually spin,” the BBC quoted when I said him as China Media Group.
“I wanted to descend fast, but I just couldn’t. I was raised higher and higher until I was inside the cloud,” he added.
PENG has only about five years of experience with paragliding. Many online appreciated him for survival and called him legend. According to a colleague of paraglider PENG, a respected character in the paragliding community is now a respected character.
The interest in “paragliding” was on 27-29. May High on Google India:
PENG gets disabling flying
What happened was a lot of shocked. The Chinese paraglider has now been forbidden to fly for six months. The authorities in Gans have punished him for not providing a flight plan. They also forbade their partner Gu Zhanina for sharing video online without permission.
The PENG Yujang has not been officially approved. Yet he claimed that he was doing ground paragliding training when he was picked up by a strong wind.
The Gansu Aero sports association called it an accident, not illegal flying. According to the sixth tone, he suspended him from flying for six months.
The decision was announced on May 28. Many people online were upset and asked why sharing personal experience should be punished.
Others, however, supported this step and stated that this could prevent the seekers of excitement in testing risky pieces.
Although he has a valid license for paragliding, Peng said he did not plan to fly that day. He only trained when he got into strong winds.
Pengu, deeply shaken by the incident, does not plan to fly soon.
(Tagstotranslate) first climbed to Mount Everest
