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Eagle Attack Soaring at 8,000 feet, paraglider Nicky Moss was ready for anything. Except this By Nick Hadley A thousand feet above a rocky red plain stretching to a ridge of eucalyptus trees, a woman stood on the crest of a hill. She took a deep breath, then three running steps and launched herself into space.
Nicky Moss felt a surge of adrenalin as she was lifted by an updraught of air. Clad in a black flying suit, her dark hair in a long plait to minimise wind resistance, she hung on delicate nylon lines 20 feet below the rainbow arc of her paraglider.
Moss was competing in the trials for the 2007 Killarney Paragliding Classic at a site 100 miles south-west of Brisbane, Australia. Professionals from all over the world had come to battle it out.
Only five foot five, Moss, a British champion from Loughborough, possessed real strength and discipline. The night before, she had carefully gone through her safety routines, making sure her flight instruments, including a pair of GPS units, were working. She packed her flying suit, helmet, gloves, goggles and walking boots. Page 1 of 5
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