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This picture taken 16 February 2007 and released 18 February 2007 by the organisation of the Paragliding World Championships shows World Champion paraglider pilot Ewa Wisnierska of Germany recovering after she survived being elevated to a record height of 9946 metres during a thunderstorm prior to the World Paragliding Championships near the eastern Australian town of Manilla, 16 February 2007. The 35-year-old German cheated death when she was accidentally sucked up to the cruising altitude of jumbo jets during a training run in her paraglider, floated unconscious in freezing conditions for about an hour, and managed to land safely. AFP PHOTO/HO/Paragliding World Championships - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE