Dedicated teams of professionals and volunteers from Wilderness Search and Rescue (WSAR) were activated last Thursday afternoon to assist SAPS and WPDS in the recovery of the body of a hiker who had fallen above Boyes Drive.
The patient was located using a drone from the Western Cape Government-Health Emergency Medical Services Drone Unit.The deceased was placed on a stretcher, and the Terra Tamer, a high-tech all-terrain wheel, was attached to the stretcher, allowing teams to carry the body down the mountain quickly.Picture: Brent Russel and Grant Duncan-Smith / Wilderness Search and Rescue
‘Stretcher carries require fewer team members, and we’re able to move significantly faster, even in challenging technical terrain,’ he said.
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