{"id":46181,"date":"2026-04-30T02:47:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T00:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/just-one-slip-beware-and-take-care\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T02:47:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T00:47:23","slug":"just-one-slip-beware-and-take-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/just-one-slip-beware-and-take-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Just One Slip \u2013 Beware And Take Care"},"content":{"rendered":"

• “Trails more hazardous after recent rainfalls,” warns WSAR
\n• Incident 1 – Brazilian visitor flown from Lion’s Head
\n• Incident 2 – Dutch hiker flown from Silvermine Nature
\n• Calling sooner Saves Lives – 021 937 0300<\/p>\n

Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) teams were called into action twice on Monday, responding to two separate incidents involving injured visiting hikers on popular Cape Town trails. As the region moves into a wet winter season, these incidents serve as a timely reminder that mountain trails are currently more treacherous underfoot, with wet rock, loose terrain, and slippery descents increasing the risk of slips and falls even on well-travelled paths.<\/p>\n

Following the recent rainfall across the region, most trails are wet, slippery, and more hazardous than usual. Mud, loose rock, and slick surfaces significantly increase the risk of slips, falls, and injuries, even on familiar or popular routes.<\/p>\n

We strongly advise…<\/p>\n

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• “Trails more hazardous after recent rainfalls,” warns WSAR • Incident 1 – Brazilian visitor flown from Lion’s Head • Incident 2 – Dutch hiker flown from Silvermine Nature • Calling sooner Saves Lives – 021 937 0300 Wilderness Search And Rescue (WSAR) teams were called into action twice on Monday, responding to two separate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46182,"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\/682031068_1410643227776055_6283893475897114232_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/682031068_1410643227776055_6283893475897114232_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46181","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=46181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}