Utah Deputies Rescue Hang Glider Blown Off Course, Lost in Canyon
By Brooke Baitinger
Source The Charlotte Observer
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A lost hang glider was rescued from a Utah canyon after strong winds blew him off course and into the mountains, rescuers said.
He had launched from a site in Centerville with a group between 1 and 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 8 and planned to land about 30 miles south in Draper, “but strong winds took the man off the intended route and into the mountains,” Davis County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue said in a May 10 post on Facebook.
He was able to call for help after a “rough landing,” but didn’t know where he was, officials said.
Dispatch used his cellular data to estimate where he was and teams of rescuers navigated the rough terrain in the darkness to find him around 7 p.m., officials said.
Photos show rescuers navigating through the dark canyon at night.
Once they found him, he was able to walk out with them, rescuers said. No injuries were reported.
Centerville is about a 15-mile drive north from Salt Lake City.
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