OPERATOR AND WITNESS WENT KAYAKING ON THE RIVER AND WERE PLANNING TO CAMP A FEW DAYS ON THE RIVER. THEY PROCEEDED DOWN STREAM WHERE THE AREA WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DUE TO DOWNED TREES, LOG JAMS, AND RAPID CURRENTS DUE TO THE RIVER BEING WELL ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.  BOTH KAYAKERS FOUND THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND A GOOD WAY TO GET DOWN THE RIVER DUE TO THE CONDITIONS AND HAD TO GO BACK UPSTREAM TO FIND A WAY THROUGH. AT THIS POINT THEY WERE BOTH EXTREMELY TIRED BUT THEY FOUDN A WAY TO PROCEED.  WITNESS WENT IN FIRST AND THE CURRRENT PUSHED HIM UP AGAINST A LOG JAM AND HE COULD NOT GET HIS KAYAK OUT OF THE LOG JAM. THEN WITNESS CLIMBED ON TOP OF A LOG JAM AND ATTEMPTED TO HELP VICTIM. VICTIM WAS STRUGGLING TO KEEP HIS KAYAK OUT OF THE LOG JAM WHEN HIS KAYAK FLIPPED AND HE FELL OUT AND DID NOT RESURFACE. VICTIMS KAYAK APPEARED INTACT WITH NO VISIBLE DAMAGE, WARNING LABLES AND CAPACITY PLATE WHERE IN PLACE. ALCOHOL AND DRUGS WeRE FACTORS IN THIS FATALITY. VICTIM WAS WEARING A PFD BUT THE ZIPPER WAS BROKE. IT IS UNCLEAR IF THE ZIPPER WAS BROKEN BEFORE HE ENTERED THE WATER.
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