Man falls to his death while climbing waterfall in Loei

[rooster59]

Man falls to his death while climbing waterfall in Loei

By The Nation

 

Photo Courtesy of Weerakorn Sangsai

 

The 33-year-old son of a former district chief in Phetchabun province succumbed to injuries after slipping and falling while climbing the Trad Loei Nga waterfall in Loei province’s Phu Luang Wildlife Sanctuary on Saturday evening

Pawarit Chaichom was seriously injured after falling from a height of 20 metres but succumbed while waiting for assistance. Pawarit had visited the site with some 30 other tourists from Bangkok on Saturday afternoon. The site can be accessed only with forestry officials acting as guides as the long trek to the waterfall cuts through a part of the forest frequented by wild elephants and other animals. 

 

It was reported that Pawarit slipped and fell while climbing the cliff at a height of 20 metres of the 70-metre high waterfall.

 

Authorities experienced difficulty in retrieving his body as Pawarit fell in the evening and reaching the site involved a seven-kilometre trek over a dirt road and through a forest.

 

As of 1am on Sunday, following heavy rainfall, the water levels at Loei Nga Creek also rose, raising the risk of encounters with wild elephants. The 30 other tourists were also stranded although they had supplies of food and drinking water. Officials went in the morning to retrieve Pawarit’s body and also brought the tourists back.

 

The parents of the deceased waited at a temporary centre on Phu Luang-Lom Kao Road to collect their son’s body. They said Pawarit, their only son, loved trekking and worked as an engineer at a private company based in Samut Prakan.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30322959

 

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-08-06

 

[SunsetT]

......At least he died doing something exciting that he loved and wasnt just another Thai RTA statistic..........RIP.

[Emster23]

"Look what I can DOOoooooooo............"

[impulse]

9 minutes ago, Emster23 said:

"Look what I can DOOoooooooo............" 

 

I can count a hundred, and probably forgot a thousand times in my life when a simple slip would have resulted in my demise.  More often than not, I was solo- which is not something I recommend.  Definitely not attention seeking.  Just enjoying activities that had more inherent risk than playing checkers.

 

[geriatrickid]

19 hours ago, SunsetT said:

......At least he died doing something exciting that he loved and wasnt just another Thai RTA statistic..........RIP.

Climbing without proper equipment and a buddy system is not the type of excitement responsible climbers seek. The details suggest something other than  normal climbing/hiking activity. Perhaps retrieval of a dropped item or  inappropriate activity. responsible experienced hikers do not do this.

[meatboy]

seeing the flow of water over the falls  suicide.

[SunsetT]

5 hours ago, geriatrickid said:

Climbing without proper equipment and a buddy system is not the type of excitement responsible climbers seek. The details suggest something other than  normal climbing/hiking activity. Perhaps retrieval of a dropped item or  inappropriate activity. responsible experienced hikers do not do this.

'Normal' and 'responsible' ?  ..........in Thailand?

[Srikcir]

On 8/6/2017 at 1:41 PM, rooster59 said:

forestry officials acting as guides

Apparently incompetent guides at that.

Department of Interior should bear civil and potentially criminal liability for Pawarit's fall.

[meatboy]

9 hours ago, Srikcir said:

Apparently incompetent guides at that.

Department of Interior should bear civil and potentially criminal liability for Pawarit's fall.

totally agree after i saw on the news the amount of water and the height of the falls it should have been cordened off.