KNYSNA NEWS - Local paraglider pilot Rose Greyling Bilbrough is recovering in hospital after she sustained back and neck injuries during a crash at Buffalo Bay yesterday, 31 December 2022.
Bilbrough was paragliding at Buffalo Bay's main beach yesterday afternoon. "It was a great day, the weather conditions were perfect for paragliding," she said.
It was, however, during a routine manoeuvre that she sustained an equipment malfunction. According to Bilbrough, the wind had started picking up and she attempted to carry out a "wing over" manoeuvre.
"The wind then pushed me back into the dune," she explained. Bilbrough then collided with the dune, and her harness was able break a lot of the impact.
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