Kathmandu, June 10 -- When Sushma Sharma took a trip to Pokhara in October 2017, she decided to go paragliding-one of the adventure sports that the lake city is popular for. Sharma only has a hazy memory of what happened up in the air, but the scars imprinted on her tell a story she can't forget.

About 40 seconds after she had jumped off a hill, strapped to the glider and her pilot, they were struck by harsh winds. Out of control, Sharma crashed onto the ground from a height of 300 feet, breaking her front teeth and suffering multiple fractures, along with minor damage to her spinal cord. She was in intensive care for seven days.

"I have no memory of the 20 minutes before the accident and the two hours after," said Sharma. "The titanium...