Un parapentiste chinois aspiré par un nuage à 8 598 mètres !
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PEKIN – 30 Mai 2024 –
En Chine, un parapentiste a vécu une expérience terrifiante lorsque la succion de nuage l’a propulsé à plus de 8 500 mètres d’altitude. cet incident spectaculaire,survenu près des monts Qilian,a mis en lumière les dangers extrêmes liés à la pratique du parapente. Alors que le gouvernement chinois envisage des sanctions,cette aventure pose des questions sur la sécurité et la recherche de notoriété. Curieux d’en savoir plus sur cet événement hors du commun ?
2025-05-30 13:11:00
Peng Yujiang He was practicing paragliding near the mountain range Qilian When a cloud sucked him, raising him to 8,598 high. In a few minutes, he rose almost to what would be the peak of Everest. Luckily, he managed to leave alive, although wrapped in ice and with some fingertips. The Chinese government has sanctioned him for carrying out the flight without permission and transmitting it on social networks. There are even those who think it was not an accident, but dared to try only to become famous on the Internet.
Leaving aside that this would be an atrocity, the point is that the cloud suction It is not something new. It is one of the best known nightmares of paragliding fans. Therefore, they normally try fly away from the cumulonimbosclouds that act as fast elevators, sucking anything in its path and raising it thousands of meters high, to places with hardly any oxygen and with ice cream temperatures. It is very dangerous and has cost many people’s lives, although luckily for Yujiyang that has not been his case.
Now, why does all this happen? What are the consequences? And, above all, what can be done to avoid it?
Cloud suction, the most feared accident of paragliding fans
Los cumulonimbos They are clouds that are formed when a current of Wet and warm air It rises rapidly as a spiral because of instability atmospheric. They are constituted by convective currents. That is, there is a current of air that rises rapidly and another that goes down at high speed.
The ascending current is very powerful and can suck almost everything in its path, raising it, sometimes, to the top of the cloud. Since the cumulonimbos are formed between 1,000 and 2,000 meters high At a minimum and that usually have a height sometimes more than 10,000 meters, the suction can be deadly. Those who regularly fly in paraglining that above 4,000-5,000 meters oxygen levels begin to be very low and the temperature can even fall below -40 ºC. Therefore, it is important to avoid cumulonimbos. If not, they can become an elevator towards death.
What happens when the suction of clouds occurs?
Cloud suction can be deadly. Many fans and paragliding experts have died when entering the lethal elevator formed by the cumulonimbos. Others have lived to tell it, but not without suffering a lot in the process.
And it is that inside the cumulonimbo, in addition to the fall of oxygen and temperatures, they are generated Very intense turbulence. There have been people who have appeared killed with Many broken ribssimply by the blows received when the cloud absorbed its paragliding.
Burns can also be suffered, since in the interior of the cumulonimbos rays are formed. But, of course, Hypoxia and hypothermia They are the two most common and feared effects when these accidents occur.
What happened to Peg Yujiang after going out with his paragliding?
Peng Yujiyang wanted to try a second -hand harness that had just acquired, so he set out to start a paragliding flight in a known place: the Qilian mountain range. Left to 3,000 meters of altitudewith the intention of not rising much more. However, a cumulonimbo suddenly sucked it and raised it above 8,000 meters high. His fingers and face were frozen, but luckily he did not suffer very serious injuries. He says that there was a time when he lost knowledge due to hypoxia, but in general could control the situationlanding about 30 kilometers from the place from which he left.
Hard paragliding sanctions
One of the main risks of cloud suction is that the paragliding is released at a height in which it exists air trafficking. Its size is reduced compared to the immensity of heaven, so pilots may not see it well and have an accident. For this reason, since China is a country with a lot of air traffic, it is forbidden to make paragliding flights without prior permission. That is why they now want to punish Yujiang.
In general, many paragliding experts consider that what he has done is a recklessness. To begin with not warning of their flight, but also because experienced parapentists know that you should not fly near Cumulonimbos. He has a lot of experience, he is not a simple fan. Since it was a pleasure flight, I should have chosen A clearer place.
On the other hand, there are those who consider that the strings of their paragliding should not have resisted reigning temperatures at 8,000 meters high. That makes them think that Everything could be a montage. Although the reality is that there have been people who have arrived even higher and lived to tell. It is, for example, the case of the Polish Ewa Wiśnierskawho in 2007 was sucked by a cloud during a competition in Australia. It reached 10,000 meters high.
In short, what has happened to this paragliding lover has not been a montage; But, seeing that he recorded everything, it is clear that, at least, he wanted to get attention. And the reality is that he has achieved it, but at what price? Sometimes it is better to stay in anonymity.
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