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The paragliding miracle of Mont Blanc

"He took off Friday evening around 17:30 and two witnesses reported that his wing collapsed all of a sudden. He fell into a crevasse and was buried by 1.5 meters of snow. The search and rescue team found nothing before nightfall. We began the search again the next morning and were lucky to find him buried in the crevasse. - Lt. Vegas, PGHM" We thought we would be retrieving a dead body. When we pulled him out of the snow we heard a noise. Despite a night at 4600 meters in a crevasse buried in snow, he was still alive, but suffering badly from hypothermia. His body was at 26 ° and he was very close to death. It was a very delicate matter to free him from the crevasse in this state. " After 24 hours, the paraglider is warming up well and now out of danger. Le Dauphiné

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