Lion's Head Cape Town On Thursday the 13th of December 2018 at 20h08 the Peninsula Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) was activated by the Western Cape Emergency Medical Services (EMS) after a call for assistance was received. Our rescuers and the EMS Mobile Incident Command vehicle (Metro Rescue 1) were immediately dispatched to the base [...]
Lion's Head Cape Town On Wednesday the 12th of December 2018 at 11h06 the Peninsula Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) was activated by the Western Cape Emergency Medical Services (EMS) after a call for assistance was received. It was reported that a 48 year old female visitor from the USA had collapsed at the summit [...]
Lion's Head Cape Town On Friday the 23rd of November 2018 at 18h40 the Peninsula Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) unit was activated by the Western Cape Provincial Emergency Medical Services (EMS) after a call for assistance was received. With the Lion's Head Full Moon crowds flocking to enjoy this monthly experience, from time to [...]
Lion's Head Cape Town On Saturday the 10th of November 2018 at 06h57 the Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) Peninsula unit was activated by the Western Cape Emergency Medical Services (EMS) after a call for assistance was received. A person had sustained injuries after taking a fall very close to the summit of Lion's Head. [...]
Safety Awareness As hundreds of hikers prepare for the monthly Lions Head full moon experience, the Wilderness Search And Rescue unit (WSAR) would like to remind visitors to please be cautious. The idea of this experience is attracting an increasing amount of visitors to the Table Mountain National Park as more and more people become [...]
