Greatest height gain in a paraglider - men
- Who
- Robby Whittall
- Where
- South Africa (Brandvlei,)
- When
- 06 January 1993
The height gain record is 4,526 m (14,849 ft) by Robbie Whittall (GB) at Brandvlei, South Africa on 6 January 1993.
For comparison, Boeing 747s normally cruise at 10,000 m. (35,000 ft.). At his record-breaking altitude Whittal would have been breathing bottled oxygen and ice would have been forming on his clothing and glider.