Paraglider's friend 
2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance
Honourable mention - Rustenburg, South Africa
Paraglider Craig managed to land in a tree, neatly hanging from his glider about three feet off the ground. He got out of his harness, obtained a saw and climbed the tree to saw off the branch holding his glider. After approximately half an hour of sawing, the offending branch was still holding out. Craig's friend and fellow paraglider Louis offered to help, climbed to the branch some twenty feet off the ground After a bit of sawing decided that there has to be an easier way and strated hanging from the branch. Still it held out, and he hung from below the branch, wrapping his legs around it so that he was suspended horizontally from it. Predictably, at this moment, it snapped right off, sending Louis and the branch falling some 20 feet straight down on his back on the rocky ground, the huge branch landing on his chest. As onlookers rushed to him, the miraculously unhurt but badly winded Louis was heard to whisper: "Get the ****** branch off me!". We are expecting more jewels from this man soon!
Submitted on 04/22/2002
Submitted by:
Anonymous
Reference:
October 2001
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