{"id":42899,"date":"2026-01-10T17:08:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T15:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/hiker-assisted-after-injury-on-lions-head\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T17:08:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T15:08:19","slug":"hiker-assisted-after-injury-on-lions-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/hiker-assisted-after-injury-on-lions-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiker Assisted After Injury on Lion\u2019s Head"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) teams, including SANParks – Table Mountain National Park rangers, responded to Lion’s Head this morning after a 28-year-old hiker slipped and injured herself on a loose, sandy section of the trail above the first ladder.<\/p>\n

The injured hiker was assessed and treated on scene by a Western Cape Government Health and Wellness EMS paramedic before being carefully assisted into a stretcher. <\/p>\n

Using the Cascade Rescue Company Terra Tamer stretcher wheel, teams swiftly carried her down the trail to a waiting vehicle. <\/p>\n

She was transferred to an ambulance before being transported to hospital for further medical treatment.<\/p>\n

The incident was concluded at 13h29 on Saturday..<\/p>\n

A sincere thank you to our dedicated rescue teams for their skill, professionalism and teamwork.<\/p>\n

Hikers and runners are reminded that the Lion’s Head trail can be loose and slippery in places. Please exercise extra care on the descent, wear appropriate footwear and be…<\/p>\n

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Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) teams, including SANParks – Table Mountain National Park rangers, responded to Lion’s Head this morning after a 28-year-old hiker slipped and injured herself on a loose, sandy section of the trail above the first ladder. The injured hiker was assessed and treated on scene by a Western Cape Government Health […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42900,"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\/Screenshot%202026-01-10%20164510.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[310],"class_list":["post-42899","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\/Screenshot%202026-01-10%20164510.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42899","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=42899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}