Adventure Safety and the Hierarchy of Controls

In search of adventure, she traveled from her home in Worcestershire, England to New Zealand, for a gap year experience. Fit, slender, and athletic, Emily was a keen scuba diver and a good swimmer, and she signed up for an April 2008 whitewater riverboarding excursion down New Zealand’s Kawarau River. Emily became trapped underwater, against a large rock. The guides leading the riverboard experience attempted to extricate her, but were unable to do so. Eventually, a boat from another adventure provider passed by, and were able to provide a rescue rope to assist with the rescue. Guides from the other riverboarding company used the rescue rope and retrieved Emily’s body within minutes. By that point, Emily had been underwater for 20 minutes, and she did not survive the incident.

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