Greg Farris wrote:

the incident, there was a nothing he could have done to predict or prevent
this event,

I simply don't buy this. He made a mistake. Modern paragliders don't
"just collapse".

and b nothing he could do about it once he was caught in it.

If high enough, modern paragliders will recover, and if everything
fails, responsible paraglider pilots wear a security chute. If not high
enough, though... well, then you're in about the same situation as in a
low spin.

I don't know about the place you live, but where I live, there are
usually a lot more paragliders in the air than aircraft. Despite this,
at the end of each year, there are more dead aircraft pilots than dead
paraglider pilots. Of course, if you see die your best friend, you don't
care about statistics.

Stefan