Omkommen expeditionspaddlare

[Erik200]

Snappade upp detta på ukriversguidebook...tragiskt!

http://www.gva.be/cnt/dmf20140822_01227939/lierse-kajakker-31-verdrinkt-na-tocht-van-vier-maanden

Google Translate:
Over 4000 kilometers had Michael Delille (31) from Lier made ​​with his kayak. But he just did not finish. Pulled Barely 30 kilometers before the end of his four-month journey to the North Cape, he drowned in the Barents Sea.

Thirty kilometers from the measuring disappeared last week suddenly his GPS dot on the card. In the Norwegian media, family and friends searched every day since a trace of Michael. Soon they read the bad news: a fishing boat had found him. Drowned, for unknown reason. "There was talk about someone of Dutch heritage, but it could not be coincidence. It was Michael. His kayak was not right, but was also found a few days later. "

Read the full story in Friday Gazet van Antwerpen

 

[thureb]

Tråkiga nyheter. Mitt intryck är att antalet dödsolyckor bland europeiska kajakpaddlare ökat sista decenniet men är osäker på om det stämmer. (Antalet kajaker har säkert ökat mycket också.)

Finns ett par andra notiser att googla fram om den omkomne som paddlat hela vägen från Lier SO om Antwerpen i Belgien mot Nordkap.

Thure