For the price of a car ...😭

It is always the same way, until you get hit on your head you won’t get it

Fuckin ell. List of injuries is insane. Feel for this guy, glad he survived.

Lol.

Sjoe man, hope you recover well. God bless.

Yeah its better to be on the ground and wish you were up there then being up there wishing you were down on the ground! I flew pg for about 10 years and had lots of great small trips but i realized i cant predict the weather good enough and had a close call which is nothing like this story but it made me rethink if it was worth it. If i could, i would only fly hang cause that is the most comfortable type of flying a pg and the wind is mostly linear and predicable. I dont fly anymore and seeing this kind of video makes me think i did the right decicion. If you are gonna fly then make sure you are 100% sure about the weather conditions or else you leave your life to chance :)

Greg Hamerton has spoken to Ben and collected footage from other pilots flying that day, and released this excellent analysis video - take a look: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4vZlpWra5x_m9k

Well done for sharing BEN,,,,,,speedy recovery, hope you meet your saviours again one day.

I am deeply moved by what happened to Ben Lewis. It’s incredible to know that he survived such an unimaginable ordeal, and I’m so grateful his family didn’t have to endure the pain of losing him. His story is not only a testament to his resilience but also a powerful lesson-for himself and for others in the flying community. I hope this harrowing experience serves as a reminder of the dangers inherent in such adventures and inspires reflection and caution. Ben’s strength in surviving and the kindness of the local family who helped him highlight the best of human courage and compassion. Wishing him a full recovery and brighter skies ahead.

We all get caught up when the vario starts to trill but when it goes solid...

My greatest respect to you Ben! So happy to see you are OK now. I hope you can one day revisit the family who walked you down, and helped you in your hour of need. There are so many good people in this world.

Its stories like this that make a true risk more real and may save lives. Hope you get better and thanks for this.

Holy shitballs. Amazing story man. Glad youre ok.

may i know what is the highest speed ?

Ben, I've been hoping to join you, Trace and Dave on one of these awesome trips. So grateful to hear you survived this harrowing experience! "THE FORCE IS STRONG IN THIS ONE"

And so and so and so.... On and on and on. Just heard of the death of a hiker here in the White Mountains ~ last Friday. Walking on an icy ridge, with spikes, ice ax, call to his wife at 4PM, "everything OK". Dead at 5PM. Found at 2AM. Just this Friday. Shit happens. Thank you so much for sharing this. 〰✨🙏✨〰 You are blessed. New Hampshire.

Jesus saved you bro!

Crazy - thanks for that

What a story. Wow. Very lucky in the air and on the ground. What wonderful people that helped you. Bless them.

Don't F@$# with mother nature! She will kill you if you do!!

Was lucky to avoid that. At least 10 times i opted out to fly bc of too strong cumulus and was the driver instead. But once in spain i didnt see it coming. It was bluish/grey, I didnt see the cloud. Was able too escape, fighting my HG down. Strong thermals in 300 ft though...

played with death and lived. stop teasing death.

This is my brothers friend, when he came back to Canada, he had to go back to the doctors, and it turned out after two more X rays and an MRI, he also had autism . . . . . This is obviously a joke, best wishes go to this guy, as someone who has been in a bad accident before all I can hope is he heals fast and back to 100%, wild story and blessing you’re still here. Cheers from the island

that's one lucky mofo! nyc

You have a second chance. Live it to the full. 👊

Mother nature again showing why she's unbeaten in these streets. Birds fly, humans walk. Simple...

I would watch this movie of both an emotionally stirring story, and one of survival under conditions so extreme most people could not even imagine a person finding themselves in this situation.

Omgggggg bless you 🙏🙏

well survived! thanks for sharing!

What a story. Ur so lucky god was with you

It was this moment, he knew he fucked up

Go fund me for the people that found and helped him

Poor dude, what an experience. Thanks for sharing man, it was a story worth telling 💪🙏

This sounds terrifying. I've not been to your channel prior to this but I'm glad you're okay. Take care of yourself! We live and we learn! To those who feel it's appropriate to continue to berate someone who has clearly articulated they're well aware of having made mistakes, you might rethink these kinds of responses in the future. The people who need to be told they made a mistake over and over again, are those who do not yet realize or acknowledge they've made them. He didn't have to post this video and could easily have said nothing. He decided to share the story so others can learn from his mistakes.

Omg wow. God blessed this man. People can be so good.

I sometimes can be to judgemental myself so i have to think before i speak.. or type...😅

People that comment so harshly at these people have often never done ANYTHING themselves!!! They take no risks and live in their beds and on couches lmao. So ignore the hate and bitter people man!! Life is not perfect we make mistakes!!! Glad u lived!!! That's all that matters

This isn’t a unique experience, if you fly in storm conditions you may be caught in an updraft that can take you very high, to heights that you can’t breath and you freeze. Pilots training for the World Paragliding Championships at Manila, Australia, were sucked up, one survived, the other didn’t!

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Crazy. I heard a very similar story that this happened to. It was 2 people. I woman and male paraglider. If my memory serves me correctly. I think the female paraglider survived and the other dude died. It was crazy. Sometimes when we do dangerous stuff. Odds will start piling up on the phew no problems side. Waiting for the big balancing close to death odd that is weigh heavier than all of the no problem times . RLTW 3/75

Very moving story, and the emotional impact on Ben is tremendous. Stay safe Ben!

Wow! No broken limbs or vertebrae! No head injury! What a story!

Praise God you're alive! He has plans for you and you are truly BLESSED!

Terrifying. Thanks for sharing.

Hardcore dude glad you made it that family i hope you go back one day and reward them

Watching this video from BIR. Paragliding is still going on here..

Bet he didn't see that "stormy weather coming"

Ben -- side note, you are in the rare club of Artic Updraft Icarus survivors.

You are special Ben Lewis. Your experience ticks all the boxes of the novice Shaman experience. You were chosen and tested by an Elemental Entity. Yours seems to be Air.

Thank God you are now safe and sound