The climbing partner managed to free him and get him out of the canyon, where rescuers were still trying to resuscitate him. However, on Saturday evening, the police reported that the man had died in hospital. The Dutchman lived in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
Canyoning is a sport in which you walk, swim, climb, slide, jump and abseil through a gorge (or ‘canyon’) through which water usually flows.