Fatal Paraglider Accident Near Chalfant (Owens Valley)
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Steve Roti
Nov 5, 2009, 10:22:03 PM11/5/09
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Fatal Paraglider Accident Near Chalfant
Written by Tom Woods Monday, 02 November 2009 16:43
A woman from Vermont died after a paragliding accident on Sunday.
paiute_canyon_whitemountainsAccording to Mono County Sheriff Lt.
Robert Weber, Mono Search and Rescue, Mono Sheriff Deputies, Symons
Ambulance, and Chalfant Fire Fighters responded to Paiute Canyon, near
Chalfant for a report of a downed paraglider at about 2:10 Sunday
afternoon.
The Paiute Canyon launch site is located at about 8000 feet in
elevation in the White Mountains above Hi-Head Hydro. Weber reports
that emergency crews were able to hike to the victim, who had fallen
from roughly 200 feet and landed about a quarter mile from the launch
site. Other paragliders in the vicinity told rescuers that the victim
was 37-year-old Guen Gifford, a Vermont resident. Gifford was
unconscious, unresponsive, and had suffered multiple broken bones.
The victim was placed on a backboard and flown out to Reno where she
died from her injuries.
Fatal Paraglider Accident Near Chalfant
Written by Tom Woods Monday, 02 November 2009 16:43
A woman from Vermont died after a paragliding accident on Sunday.
paiute_canyon_whitemountainsAccording to Mono County Sheriff Lt.
Robert Weber, Mono Search and Rescue, Mono Sheriff Deputies, Symons
Ambulance, and Chalfant Fire Fighters responded to Paiute Canyon, near
Chalfant for a report of a downed paraglider at about 2:10 Sunday
afternoon.
The Paiute Canyon launch site is located at about 8000 feet in
elevation in the White Mountains above Hi-Head Hydro. Weber reports
that emergency crews were able to hike to the victim, who had fallen
from roughly 200 feet and landed about a quarter mile from the launch
site. Other paragliders in the vicinity told rescuers that the victim
was 37-year-old Guen Gifford, a Vermont resident. Gifford was
unconscious, unresponsive, and had suffered multiple broken bones.
The victim was placed on a backboard and flown out to Reno where she
died from her injuries.
JOHN DANETTE IRAGGI
Nov 6, 2009, 10:05:03 AM11/6/09
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There is a good description of of this accident by Kari Castle who
witnessed it on the Paragliding Forum.
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