Swallowed by the Nile; The Life and Death of Hendrik Coetzee | Disaster Strikes

Podcast: The Crux True Survival Stories · The Crux True Survival Stories

Opublikowano: 2026-07-30

Hendrik "Hendri" Coetzee was one of the most decorated whitewater explorers in the history of African river kayaking — a South African who had paddled the length of the Nile, soloed some of the continent's most dangerous water, and built a life in places most people only read about. In late 2010, he led two world-class American kayakers on an ambitious first descent of the Lukuga River in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a remote stretch of water known among local communities for something far more dangerous than its rapids. On the morning of December 7th, on a quiet, flat section of ri...