Emily Jordan Death & Mad Dog Riverboarding Trial – Father’s Response

“The appalling…ridiculous way she died has just been very upsetting. It was just so preventable at every stage and the impact on us is there forever” Chris Jordan, father of Emily Jordan (TVNZ) Please take some time to listen to his very articulate comments and recommendations in a Radio NZ interview link:http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/national/ckpt/2009/08/24/company_pleads_guilty_to_2_charges_over_tourist_deathThe company is liable…

Emily Jordan Riverboarding Death: Court Told Doubts About Mad Dog’s Safe Operational Plan. UPDATED

Picture Birmingham Mail From ODT 21 August “Allegations a company did not have an “industry standard” safe operational plan and was “irresponsible” for not carrying a rope were some of the issues discussed at length by Maritime New Zealand’s whitewater sports expert witness in the Queenstown District Court yesterday. In the prosecution following the death…

Emily Jordan River Boarding Death – Rescue Approach "ill educated"

ODT 20 August “A whitewater sports expert has told a Queenstown court hearing that a rescue rope could have saved the life of a young English woman who drowned while riverboarding in the Kawarau Gorge last year. The belief that ropes and knives could become hazards themselves in white-water situations was “ill-informed and uneducated”, a…

Emily Jordan Riverboarding Death – Boyfriend Critical Of Risks Briefing

Johnathan Armour, Emily Jordan’s boyfriend (see ‘British woman Emily Jordan’s death‘ and ‘Emily Jordan not briefed on how to escape’) today gave evidence via video link from the UK to the court hearing in New Zealand. He criticised the safety briefing given to the couple prior to their river boarding experience, saying if he’d been…