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My Paragliding Crash in The French Alps

We had launched from Plaine Joux near Passy in The French Alps and were hoping to fly cross country towards Annecy. The flight started slowly including a low save over the landing field. I eventually caught up with the others and made the transition onto the Aravis. We were making good progress towards Annecy before being caught out by bad weather after some poor decision making. As I was looking for a landing option my soaking wet wing went parachutal and I fell through some tall trees. Thankfully my fall was partially broken by the wing catching in some branches. Unfortunately the paraglider split and this sent me crashing to the ground. Again I had some good fortune as I missed some tree stumps and came down on a steep slope that was extremely soft. After I stopped rolling down the hill I realised that I was injured but also trapped in my harness. I managed to contact my paragliding pals who contacted the emergency services. I was glad I had recently purchased a Garmin In Reach Mini 2 Satellite communicator that pinpointed my exact location. I also used What Three Words to pass my location to my colleagues. The rescue helicopter arrived after a short time and I was met by a medic and two other rescue workers. They did an extremely professional job of getting me onto a board. The helicopter then hovered overhead and sent a winch down. Together with one of the rescue team I was winched up through the trees and then placed onboard the chopper. After a short flight to Annecy hospital I was checked over in their emergency department. The CT scan showed a fracture in my pelvis and another in my LC1 vertebrae. No wonder my arse was hurting!!