I just heard about a fatality which happend yesterday in Germany.

A 50 year old kiter was found dead on a beach one day after people at the beach reported a surfer in trouble about 3km away from shore.
Winds very gusting up to 76 km/h (40 knots). When found, he was still attached to his kite (not know if safety was activated).

Here some facts:

- water 1°C
- air 1-3°C
- he kited alone

It looks like he died due to undercooling. Maybe he lost his board or dropped his kite.


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Naar ongeluk.

Wel een raar verhaal; one day after people at the beach reported a surfer in trouble...When found, he was still attached to his kite...

Als die man de hele tijd aan z'n kite vast heeft gezeten, waarom heeft de reddingbrigade (als die er is) hem dan niet gevonden?

dat vergeet je idd nooit.

wel raar om zo aan je eind te komen:X