The Wilderness Search and Rescue (WSAR) confirmed that the body of a hiker who went missing on Wednesday, January 5 has been found on Table Mountain.
According to WSAR spokesperson Johan Marais, the man’s body was discovered during a search operation carried out in Yellowstone Gorge, via Skywalk, towards Platteklip Gorge.
“WSAR assisted by the helicopter contracted by the Dept of Health is busy with the recovery of the body on Table Mountain of a person who went missing yesterday afternoon.
“The circumstances of his death cannot be commented on as it is the subject of a police investigation,” Marais indicated.
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Meanwhile, no further details surrounding the hiker’s death have been made available at the time of publication.
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