Hendrik Coetzee Explained

Hendrik Coetzee
Birth Name:Hendrik Coetzee
Birth Date: c. 1975
Birth Place:Ottosdal, South Africa
Disappeared Place:Lukuga River,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Disappeared Status:Missing presumed dead
Death Cause:Taken by crocodile
Nationality:South African
Other Names:Hendri Coetzee
Occupation:Adventurer, tour leader
Employer:Kayak the Nile[1]
Television:The Longest River[2]

Hendrik "Hendri" Coetzee (c. 1975 – 7 December 2010) was a South African outdoorsman and author.[3] [4] He was killed after being taken by a crocodile in December 2010.[3] [5]

Coetzee gained prominence in 2004 leading a Nile River source-to-sea expedition, following in the path of John Goddard's expedition.[6] [7] [8] [9] The expedition set off from Lake Victoria in Uganda on 17 January, reaching Khartoum on 25 March[10] and the Mediterranean Sea at Rosetta on 21 May.[11] The purpose of the trip was to draw attention to the humanitarian situation in the region in partnership with CARE.[12] Following claims that the expedition had not begun from the true source of the Nile, Coetzee's party undertook a further journey from Kagera to Lake Victoria in April 2005, adding 750 km to the 6700 km they completed in 2004.[13]

Coetzee was leader of an expedition going from the source of the White Nile into the Congo at the time of the attack. The trip was the first-of-its-kind kayaking expedition from the White Nile and Congo rivers into the Congo to explore the Ruzizi and Lualaba Rivers. The two other men on the trip, Americans and also experienced kayakers, were documenting unexplored whitewater and development projects in the region.[3] [14]

A memorial service for Coetzee was held on 28 January 2011.[15]

The documentary short film Kadoma about Coetzee was released in 2011.[16] His story was also featured in 2022 as an episode on National Geographic's Edge of the Unknown With Jimmy Chin.[17]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Who we are - Kayak the Nile.com. 2010. kayakthenile.com. 12 December 2010.
  2. Book: Zumerchik. John. Danver. Steven Laurence. Seas and waterways of the world. 2010. 9781851097111.
  3. Web site: Kayaker Presumed Dead After Congo Crocodile Attack. Gross. Jenny. 9 December 2010. aolnews.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101212072926/http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/outdoorsman-hendrik-coetzee-presumed-dead-after-congo-crocodile-attack/19753845. 12 December 2010. dmy-all.
  4. Web site: Northwest kayakers with guide killed by crocodile. Rich. 9 December 2010. spokesman.com.
  5. Web site: Famed Outdoorsman Hendrik Coetzee in Croc Attack . 9 December 2010 . cbsnews.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100316110938/http://wap.cbsnews.com/site?sid=cbsnews . 16 March 2010 . dmy-all .
  6. [John Goddard (adventurer)|John Goddard]
  7. Goddard, John (1979). Kayaks down the Nile. Brigham Young University Press
  8. Web site: River guide believed killed by crocodile in Congo. 10 December 2010. cnn.com.
  9. Web site: On the Death of Hendri Coetzee. Adventure Lab. 8 December 2010. outside-blog.away.com.
  10. Web site: Nile Expedition Arrives in Khartoum. Mutumba. Richard. 25 March 2004. allafrica.com.
  11. News: Rafters complete Nile journey. 21 May 2004. news24.com. Jasper Mortimer.
  12. Web site: South Africans join Nile team. 31 January 2004. news24.com.
  13. News: Rafters epic journey reopens debate on true source of the Nile. 2 May 2005. nzherald.co.nz. 12 December 2010.
  14. The Economist, "Hendrik Coetzee", 1 January 2010, p. 78.
  15. News: Killed after his 'best day ever'. Gerretson. Bronwyn. 10 December 2010. iol.co.za. 29 November 2021.
  16. News: Epics are born. Schnell. Caramie. 2 June 2011. vaildaily.com. 13 October 2011.
  17. Web site: "Watch Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin Season 1 Episode 9 Deadly Waters Online". https://web.archive.org/web/20220907164123/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/tv/shows/edge%2Dof%2Dthe%2Dunknown%2Dwith%2Djimmy%2Dchin/episode%2Dguide/season%2D01/episode%2D09%2Ddeadly%2Dwaters/vdka29726850. dead. 7 September 2022.

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