{"id":41946,"date":"2025-12-15T13:07:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T11:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/back-to-back-helicopter-action-saves-hikers\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T13:07:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T11:07:35","slug":"back-to-back-helicopter-action-saves-hikers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/back-to-back-helicopter-action-saves-hikers\/","title":{"rendered":"Back-to-Back Helicopter Action Saves Hikers"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Sunday, challenging conditions in the mountains led to two back-to-back helicopter-assisted rescues, highlighting how quickly a routine hike can turn into an emergency.<\/p>\n

The first call came from a peak between Hermanus and Stanford, where an 83-year-old British hiker collapsed while hiking with a group of five in hot conditions. A small rescue team, including a Western Cape Government Health and Wellness EMS paramedic, was flown to the scene.<\/p>\n

The hiker was treated for dehydration and heat exhaustion, then flown to a nearby landing zone where an ambulance transported him to hospital. <\/p>\n

This incident was concluded at 13h09.<\/p>\n

While Overberg teams were on this call, rescuers near Ceres were responding to reports of an injured hiker on the Witels hiking trail, a multi-day route through rugged and scenic terrain near Ceres, featuring steep canyons, rocky paths, and panoramic views of the surrounding mountains. <\/p>\n

On day four of the hike, a 24-year-old hiker slipped and injured his…<\/p>\n

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On Sunday, challenging conditions in the mountains led to two back-to-back helicopter-assisted rescues, highlighting how quickly a routine hike can turn into an emergency. The first call came from a peak between Hermanus and Stanford, where an 83-year-old British hiker collapsed while hiking with a group of five in hot conditions. A small rescue team, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41947,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/598562773_1297971659043213_2864871218348822762_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[310],"class_list":["post-41946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-western-cape"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/598562773_1297971659043213_2864871218348822762_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}