A US tourist who was critically injured in a Cape Town paragliding accident took to the skies despite several companies cancelling flights because it was too windy. Brittany Siguenza, 24, from Seattle, took the full brunt of the impact on Monday when she and the pilot of the tandem paraglider crashed into the wall of the Promenade in Green Point instead of landing on the grass.Parapax, the company Siguenza flew with, says on its website: "We do not take any chances with the wind! Parapax has thousands of tandem flights under the belt and has in fact never had any safety issues or injuries to any of its passengers. The flight log is a testament to being the safest paragliding company in Cape Town."It did not respond to questions yesterday.Four other paragliding companies said they were unable to provide details about what happened because they had decided not to fly on Monday and were not on site on Lion's Head or Signal Hill.One company said it received a call from its pilots in the morning advising it to cancel bookings for the day due to the wind, while another stopped operating between 7am and 1pm because of the southeaster.President of the South African Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association Jon Pio said the organisation was investigating but "weather conditions and proximity to buildings/people/trees do not appear to be relevant"." The craft was seen to 'stall' and impact a sea wall. The organisation involved has been grounded by the association pending a review of procedures. More information will be released as it becomes available."A funding campaign has raised more than R170000 in less than a day for Siguenza. The campaign was launched by her family and friends to raise $35000 for her care.The campaign page, started by Jamie de Guzman, reads: "We know you are as anxious as we are to receive updates on Bri and we thank you all from the bottom of our hearts for the prayers, thoughts and support. From what we know, her condition is still very serious . consistent but precarious."Siguenza's parents were on their way to Cape Town and "an emergency medivac to Seattle is very likely", the page said.ER24 spokesman Russell Meiring said Siguenza was in a "stable condition" in Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital in Cape Town."She was unconscious at the time. Medics on the scene assisted her with breathing.With any head, neck or chest injury the patient would be immobilised. Any fractures that were detected were bandaged and she was rushed to hospital," he said.The paraglider pilot sustained minor injuries...