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She Launched Into a Trap: How a Missing Beacon Almost Killed Her
She Launched Into a Trap: How a Missing Beacon Almost Killed Her
Danger hung in cold wind and a missed piece of gear: a satellite communicator left charging eight miles away turned a routine paragliding flight into a 72-hour fight for survival on a limestone plateau. How did a single orange harness, a stranger with binoculars, and a helicopter that almost turned back decide whether she would disappear forever?
In this episode, we tell the sequence of events on February 8-11, 2019 that left Erin Gardner stranded, describe her skills, preparations, and the mistakes that mattered, and ask what…
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