Earlier today the Western Cape Department of Health EMS/AMS rescue helicopter was dispatched to Table Mountain. A male rock climber was airlifted from the mountain and flown to Vincent Palotti Hospital after falling approximately 30metres. The rescue helicopter is currently busy with its 2nd rescue for the day in Kleinmond.
Table Mountain rescue crew: Captain Francois Smit, external load operator Jonathan Groenewald, AMS medic Kyle Jackson, METRO rescuer Brinley Simons and members of WSAR. Images courtesy Jonathan Groenewald and Kyle Jackson.
Rock climber airlifted from Table Mountain and flown to Vincent Palotti Hospital after falling approximately 30 metres https://t.co/2MJF9bkAEf #ArriveAlive @AIRMERCYSERVICE pic.twitter.com/Eed84QNWbw
— Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) October 9, 2018
