A woman who was trying to conquer her fear of flying has died in a paragliding accident.
Daniela Barrios, a 27-year-old mother from Colombia, told family and friends that she was attempting to overcome her fear.
She wrote in her final message on social media before the crash: “Join me on my crazy things. Let’s overcome a fear.”
The woman travelled from her hometown of Dosquebradas and with her pilot, took off from the El Castillo mountain range in the Calarcá region on Saturday afternoon, El Colombiano reports.
According to local media, she was travelling in a glider run by the Quindío al Límite company.
Authorities are still investigating how she died. According to an emergency call made to police, it’s understood the chair in which the woman was riding slipped, causing her to fall about 200m onto the forest below near the Pradera Alta trail.
The pilot was unable to stop and had to continue, later directing authorities to her location.
She was pronounced dead at the scene.
However, paragliding experts have disputed that, saying it’s “practically impossible for them to break or come off” and that the passenger may not have been properly attached to the glider.
Additionally, there was no seat found next to her body, according to Calarcá Fire Department spokesman, Captain Javier Arconde Rodríguez.
Ms Barrios had studied fashion design and ran a lingerie business.
She leaves behind a seven-year-old son. Friends and family paid tribute to her on social media as a happy, hardworking woman.
