The process,
which was temporarily stopped due to rains, started at around 10am and finished
around 4pm. Dikinya slipped at a Danger Point while taking selfies with his
smart phone. The smart phone was also recovered from the gorge but with a
damaged LCD.
Three daring
kayakers led by filmmaker Tom Vary managed to paddle to the exact spot where
Dikinya’s body parts were initially discovered. Other rescue team members had
mounted zip lines as they worked as a unit. But they found that the remains had
been swept away by the water and only managed to recover a smart phone.
The body parts
were later discovered downstream floating around the eddy just after rapid
four. The rescue team had to lower an inflatable boat down the gorge which was
used to ferry Dikinya’s remains from the eddy to the point where it was pulled
up the gorge using the gorge swing ropes.
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