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A team of Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) volunteers and professionals came to the rescue of a model who tried retrieving her bag from a thieving baboon.
A French tourist who went missing during a hike at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden has been safely located and is set to return home.
Dedicated teams of volunteers and professionals from Wilderness Search and Rescue (WSAR) responded to Lion’s Head after a visiting foreign hiker fell while descending from the summit on Saturday afternoon.
It was a busy weekend for professionals and volunteers from Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) who responded to six incidents.
A group of hikers from Pretoria were rescued after they were stranded at Theresa Avenue above Camps Bay on Sunday night.
The Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to an emergency call of a possible drowning at Big Bay Beach at Bloubergstrand at 1. 04pm on Saturday.
“I was focused on running the technical trail quickly and hardly noticed the mist as I descended the trail. ”
The hiker and her family were walking between India Venster and Platteklip Gorge when she stepped awkwardly and tumbled 15 metres from the trail.
A 32-year-old man from Strand, who was on holiday with his family, drowned after being swept away by rip currents.
A 41-year-old hiker has died after falling 40 metres from a section of trail at the Jonkershoek Nature Reserve near Stellenbosch.
A fifty-three-year-old hiker and her 28-year-old nephew from KwaZulu-Natal were brought to safety following a strenuous rescue on Platteklip Gorge along Table Mountain on Monday.
The Wilderness Search and Rescue (WSAR) Western Cape had a busy weekend after making six rescues around the province.
The Wilderness Search and Rescue (WSAR) rescued a woman Cape Town fell above Africa Crag route at the Table Mountain on Monday.
An apparent fun night out with friends did not end so well for a teenager who was rescued following a party near the summit of Lion's Head.
At least two drownings were reported including a teenager at Muizenberg beach and in another sea rescue operation, 24 crew members had to abandon a fisher trawler ship after it drifted hard onto rocks in the low tide at Shark Point in St Francis Bay.
The 35-year-old man is a foreigner visiting Cape Town.
Three search and rescue volunteers were robbed at gunpoint on Lion’s Head on Sunday in the latest crime incident in Table Mountain National Park.
“We do rely on the generosity of others, and we are incredibly grateful, but we are predominantly a team of volunteers who are passionate and dedicated to assisting,” Wilderness Search and Rescue's David Nel said.
The 33-year-old Australian was hiking along Fountain Ledge below the upper cable station when she collapsed.
Teams of rescuers and medics quickly made their way to the fallen hiker and she was assessed and treated before being placed into a stretcher.
A 40-year-old hiker who slipped and injured herself at Silvermine Nature Reserve was rescued and brought to safety at the weekend.
Hikers at Skeleton Gorge have been advised to follow the trail to the right at the gabion wall.
He was found in the narrow gorge and assisted roughly 80m higher up the steep buttress to a point where a helicopter could see him.
The Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) team was called in to rescue a 58-year-old woman who fell during her hike along Lion’s Head.
A tour group had been given an hour to explore the top of Table Mountain before meeting back at the Upper Cable Station at 4pm.