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A kayaker broke his own leg to avoid drowning when his upturned craft became stuck in a remote gorge in north-east Victoria.
The 38-year-old was winched out of the gorge after his kayak had slammed into a fallen tree while he was white-water rafting in the West Kiewa River, near Mt Beauty.
Intensive care flight paramedic Anthony De Wit said the kayaker broke his own leg to free himself from the tree.
