http://www.chronline.com/crime/wayward-hang-glider-rescued-by-army-helicopter-after-landing-on/article_32a21698-5663-11e9-bc2c-b3e57615781b.html

A hang glider who was forced to land on the far side of Riffe Lake
Friday was rescued by helicopter in the early hours of Saturday morning after
being unable to find his way back through the forest.

“Unfortunately, it was just a series of totally avoidable errors,” said Tina
Jorgensen, a veteran of the Dog Mountain hang-gliding hotspot above the lake.

Jorgensen and others were at the site Friday when rain prompted a pair of pilots
to land. A third pilot who had been seen in the air couldn’t be found, and the
other two said the believed he’d flown across the lake to Elk Mountain. The
flight from Dog Mountain to Elk Mountain is a common one for hang gliders, and
usually a return trip is made without landing.

On Friday, however, clouds began to to build up behind Dog Mountain, making the
journey inadvisable. The west wind became an east wind.

“He had to fly upwind back to Dog,” Jorgensen said. “He wasn't high enough and
didn’t have experience to get back out.”