A British tourist plunged to her death in an Australian canyon as she posed for a photograph, an inquest has heard.
Zoe Woolmer fell almost 50 feet on to rocks and died at the Kings Canyon in the Northern Territory in June last year.
The 23-year-old had been posing for a picture at the beauty spot with a number of other tourists when the tragedy happened.
Witnesses explained that Woolmer slipped and fell after misplacing her right foot as she tried to get into position for the picture.
Tour guide Rebecca Gethen, from The Rock Tour Company, was guiding the group when they climbed onto the ledge of a cliff for the photograph.
"There was a scream and it took me a moment to register what had happened,” Gethen told the inquest, reported Mirror Online.
"She wasn't saying any words but she was groaning and moaning. She was looking up at me…I said, 'Help is on the way darling. Don't worry, I won't leave you.’”
Gethen, who was only six weeks into the job and on her fourth solo tour, had been trained to take visitors to the lookout spot just a few feet from the canyon's edge for photos.
When asked why she continued with the cliff edge visit, despite signposted warning at the canyon, Gethen said "I didn't think. I just wanted to get everything right that was in the itinerary and I wanted to do a good job."
Via: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/brit-tourist-plunges-death-australia-posing-photo-article-1.2386768
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