One of Darryl Richard Kitto's caregiver's was emotional and tried to fight back tears as she remembered the details of his death last year.
Kitto, who was intellectually disabled and had two caregivers, fell off a cliff at the Rakaia Gorge on April 17, 2016.
One of his caregivers had been taking a photo of the 47-year-old when he stumbled and fell to his death.
His caregiver, was called as a witness in the coronial inquest into the death of Kitto in Christchurch on Tuesday, and tried to fight back tears as she described seeing Kitto fall.