A paraglider in China has survived an unexpected climb to 28,208 feet in the air without oxygen after being caught in a powerful updraft, according to an account told to Chinese Central Television ...

A paraglider was left covered in ice after nearly freezing to death when he was blown nearly 20,000 feet higher into the sky. Liu Ge took off from a mountain spot around 9,850 feet above sea level ...

SAN DIEGO (KSWB) — A paraglider who took off from Torrey Pines State Reserve in California was forced to make an emergency landing when a drone became entwined in his parachute. The paraglider ...

A paraglider in China survived getting swept 27,800 feet above the earth — a height typically reserved for commercial airliners. Peng Yujiang, 55, was testing new paragliding equipment on the ...

Dramatic footage has emerged of the moment a paraglider was winched to safety after becoming stranded in a 10m tree in thick bushland. Emergency services were called to Mount Mittamatite in ...

Police say the paraglider "hung on in there" as emergency crews rescued him from the top of a tree. The highly experienced paraglider was blown sideways into a cliff on Blencathra, a witness says.

After video of the incident went viral, showing a face and body covered in ice, the local sporting authority said it had banned the paraglider from the sport for six months. By Ephrat Livni A ...