Large numbers of dedicated professionals and volunteers from Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) responded to Nuweberg Forestry Station in the Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve and Jonkershoek Nature Reserve after two trail runners were reported missing on Sunday evening.
The pair had departed the Jonkershoek gate shortly before 08h00 on Sunday, intending to run over the mountains to the Nuweberg Forestry Station, finishing by 16h00.
Family members contacted the emergency contact number – 021 937 0300, when they were not able to contact the two ultra-endurance runners after they missed their deadline.
Wilderness Search And Rescue teams, including CapeNature rangers and a drone from the Western Cape Department of Health & Wellness EMS Drone Unit, were deployed from the Nuweberg Forestry Station into the mountains late on Sunday.
Unfortunately, the urgent search yielded no results and teams stood down in the early hours of Monday morning.
Fresh rescue teams, including…
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