Paraglider, 29, dies in horror 1,600ft plunge after ‘freak gust of wind slammed her into cliff' in Alps
Isabel Kofler, 29, plunged 1,600ft to her death after she leapt from Ortler mountain in the Italian Alps on Friday.
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Isabel had reached the summit at dawn on August 8 with three friends and the group planned to paraglide down to the valley.
She reportedly made the first jump, before immediately losing altitude and plummeting down the mountain.
The hiker was blown away by a "freak" gust of wind which caused her to slam into the snow-covered rocks.
She then tumbled around 1,600ft down the cliff face.
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