Letter to the Editor | Goodbye, my friend

Writers: Paul and Suzanne de Villiers.

On Thursday, 30 July 2020, Gavin Turner, one of our dearest friends slipped and fell to his death at Vogelgat Private Nature Reserve while photographing the Verreaux's Eagles.

He was accompanied by close friends John and Erna Dry, who were familiar with the area and were experienced mountaineers. On realising that Gavin had fallen, Erna immediately raised the alarm by calling the Vogelgat office, while John climbed down the very dangerous cliffs to look for Gavin and stay with him until the rescue teams could get to them.

When they arrived, Erna directed the way to follow down the gorge to find Gavin, but on their arrival, tragically, they found that he had already passed away.

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