[TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=629 border=0] [TBODY] [TR] [TD colSpan=3] [DIV class=mxb] [DIV class=sh]Paraglider survives at 32,000ft [/DIV][/DIV][/TD][/TR] [TR] [TD vAlign=top width=416][FONT size=2][!-- S BO --][!-- S IIMA --] [TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=203 align=right border=0] [TBODY] [TR] [TD] [img height=152 alt="Ewa Wisnierska" hspace=0 src="vny!://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42582000/jpg/_42582151_wisnierska_ap203b.jpg" width=203 border=0] [DIV class=cap]Ewa Wisnierska says she felt like an astronaut returning from the Moon[/DIV][/DIV][/TD][/TR][/TBODY][/TABLE][!-- E IIMA --][!-- S SF --]A German paragliding champion has survived being sucked into a storm that pulled her higher than Mount Everest. Ewa Wisnierska, 35, who lost consciousness as she soared skywards, was covered in ice and battled hailstones the size of oranges. She was pulled 9,940m (32,612 feet) above sea level in the storm near Tamworth, in New South Wales, paragliding officials said.
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