Kayaker drowned after losing grip in drop over ravine

Police in Norway believe Irish kayaker Colm Johnson, who died in a river there on Monday, lost his grip on his kayak after capsizing at the bottom of a steep ravine drop and drowned.

A police spokesman in Norway’s Gudbrandsdal district confirmed last night that while they were still awaiting the results of an autopsy, they were treating the death as a tragic accident.

All the evidence points towards Mr Johnson’s kayak capsizing after he went over a steep canyon drop.