Jim Harris

Yeah, exactly. It was like late springtime in the southern hemisphere.

Yeah, exactly. It was like late springtime in the southern hemisphere.

The kites that we had were quite small, just so we didn't have to carry as much weight when we weren't using them, and because we, like, weren't trying to do tricks or go 50 miles an hour. But the allure of being able to, like, use the wind to go 8 miles an hour... without having to shuffle my feet versus one mile an hour while hauling a sled full of gear was really tempting.

The kites that we had were quite small, just so we didn't have to carry as much weight when we weren't using them, and because we, like, weren't trying to do tricks or go 50 miles an hour. But the allure of being able to, like, use the wind to go 8 miles an hour... without having to shuffle my feet versus one mile an hour while hauling a sled full of gear was really tempting.

The kites that we had were quite small, just so we didn't have to carry as much weight when we weren't using them, and because we, like, weren't trying to do tricks or go 50 miles an hour. But the allure of being able to, like, use the wind to go 8 miles an hour... without having to shuffle my feet versus one mile an hour while hauling a sled full of gear was really tempting.

Yeah, exactly. That's what we were using. That's what we intended to use them for.

Yeah, exactly. That's what we were using. That's what we intended to use them for.

Yeah, exactly. That's what we were using. That's what we intended to use them for.

So we were out in a... large open pasture, and a big wind gust came up. The wind accelerated. It was enough that it lifted me off the ground a few feet. And I wasn't particularly panicked. There's like a big red cord that you can pull that will

So we were out in a... large open pasture, and a big wind gust came up. The wind accelerated. It was enough that it lifted me off the ground a few feet. And I wasn't particularly panicked. There's like a big red cord that you can pull that will

So we were out in a... large open pasture, and a big wind gust came up. The wind accelerated. It was enough that it lifted me off the ground a few feet. And I wasn't particularly panicked. There's like a big red cord that you can pull that will

release some of the lines to the kite and it becomes almost just like a sheet in the wind instead of being something that's generating force and generating lift. It just becomes a big flapping flag attached to strings. But I didn't pull that cord. I wasn't panicked. I thought it was going to be okay and then I don't know what happened next. The friend that was with me didn't witness what happened.

release some of the lines to the kite and it becomes almost just like a sheet in the wind instead of being something that's generating force and generating lift. It just becomes a big flapping flag attached to strings. But I didn't pull that cord. I wasn't panicked. I thought it was going to be okay and then I don't know what happened next. The friend that was with me didn't witness what happened.

release some of the lines to the kite and it becomes almost just like a sheet in the wind instead of being something that's generating force and generating lift. It just becomes a big flapping flag attached to strings. But I didn't pull that cord. I wasn't panicked. I thought it was going to be okay and then I don't know what happened next. The friend that was with me didn't witness what happened.

I woke up like regained consciousness lying on the ground. I realized right away that I was concussed, that I felt dazed and realized I had just lost consciousness and was regaining it. And was lucid enough to realize immediately that I was paralyzed.

I woke up like regained consciousness lying on the ground. I realized right away that I was concussed, that I felt dazed and realized I had just lost consciousness and was regaining it. And was lucid enough to realize immediately that I was paralyzed.

I woke up like regained consciousness lying on the ground. I realized right away that I was concussed, that I felt dazed and realized I had just lost consciousness and was regaining it. And was lucid enough to realize immediately that I was paralyzed.

I was, yeah. I was on my back.

I was, yeah. I was on my back.

I was, yeah. I was on my back.