Paragliders crash into Lions Head

[schumi]

Cape Town - A German tourist and a South African man crashed into Lions Head while tandem paragliding in Cape Town on Thursday afternoon, Wilderness Search and Rescue said.

They were both airlifted to the sports field of a nearby school and taken to a local hospital from there, spokesperson Johann Marais said.

The 34-year-old man and 62-year-old woman were both in a stable condition.

In January 2016, a woman was seriously injured when she crashed onto Beach Road, Green Point, while paragliding.

News24
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/paragliders-crash-into-lions-head-20170323

 

[HavocXphere]

Paragliding is less than perfectly safe. A friend of mine went to his wedding in a spine harness thing (aka mega corset) as a result. And that was because he was lucky...it should have killed him.

 

[Gordon_R]

The wind was quite fickle ahead of the cold-front that arrived during the late afternoon. Turbulence plus mountains is a tricky combination...

 

[Jings]

I read the headline as crashing into the head of a lion.