Table Mountain Cape Town On Tuesday the 01st of January 2019 at 16h31 the Peninsula Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) was activated by the Western Cape Emergency Medical Services after a call for assistance was received. It was reported that a 41 year old male visitor from the USA had developed cramps and was unable [...]
Platteklip Gorge Cape Town On Saturday the 29th of December 2018 at 14h09 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 43 year old female visitor from Pretoria who was hiking up the popular [...]
Skeleton Gorge Cape Town On Saturday the 22nd of December 2018 at 12h26 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 57 year female visitor from the USA had twisted her ankle while hiking [...]
Suikerbossie above Hout Bay Cape Town On Sunday the 16th of December 2018 at 09h55 the Peninsula Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) was activated by the Western Cape Emergency Medical Services (EMS) after a call for assistance was received. The Metro Rescue Mobile Incident Command Vehicle (Metro 1) with our dedicated mountain rescue trailer was [...]
Table Mountain Cape Town On Monday the 19th of November 2018 at 13h29 the Peninsula Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) was activated by the Western Cape Provincial Emergency Medical Services (EMS) after a call for assistance was received. A visitor to the Table Mountain National Park was experiencing medical complications while hiking up the [...]
Table Mountain Cape Town On Wednesday the 14th of November 2018 at 13h34 WSAR was activated by the Western Cape Emergency Medical Services (EMS) after receiving a call for assistance. A hiker in the Platteklip Gorge route on Table Mountain was unable to proceed any further as a result of fatigue. Our EMS Metro Rescue [...]
Table Mountain Cape Town On Sunday the 11th of November 2018 at 08h57 the Peninsula Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) unit was activated by the Western Cape Emergency Medical Services (EMS) control center after a call for assistance was received. An elderly male was reportedly experiencing medical complications while walking along the Pipe Track which [...]
Search And Rescue On Friday the 26th of October 2018 at 14h14 the Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) was activated after a call for assistance was received by the Western Cape Emergency Medical Services. Three hikers who were unfamiliar with their route found themselves at a point where they no longer felt safe to proceed [...]
Back Table. On Saturday the 20th of October 2018 at 19h36 WSAR was activated by the Western Cape Emergency Medical Services (EMS) for an overdue hiker in the northern section of Table Mountain National Park. It was reported that the hiker was last seen at approximately 13h00 before splitting up from the party which had [...]
On Saturday the 13th of October 2018 at 12h43 WSAR was activated by the Western Cape Emergency Medical Services for a mountain rescue call on Lion's Head in the northern section of the Table Mountain National Park. Because of the nature of the call the Air Mercy Service rescue helicopter, which is contracted to the [...]
