She is mostly known for having survived extreme cold, lightning and lack of oxygen during an ascent to almost 10,000 metres (33,000 ft) inside a cumulonimbus cloud.
[2] Wiśnierska lives in Aschau im Chiemgau, Bavaria, where she teaches paragliding[3] and runs a company which offers courses in personal development.
On 14 February 2007, in spite of weather reports heralding the presence of violent thunderstorms, Wiśnierska decided to try to fly in order to train for the 2007 World Paragliding Championships near Manilla, New South Wales, Australia.
The GPS variometer also tracked vertical speeds of up to +21 m/s (77 kilometres per hour (48 mph)).
In the same weather event, a Chinese paraglider, He Zhongpin, was killed by a lightning strike, at 42 years old.