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- A man who broke his leg while skiing was rescued in snowy conditions in Matroosberg, in the Western Cape.
- Mountain rescuers had to carry him through the snow to a helicopter.
- Other emergencies on mountains kept rescuers busy in a pre-Spring bout of activity.
A skier had to be airlifted after he broke his leg while skiing over the weekend on the Matroosberg slopes in the Western Cape.
And he was just one of the people who kept mountain rescuers busy over the weekend.
Wilderness Search and Rescue spokesperson Johan Marais said rescuers' busy day on Sunday started with a callout out to Mont Rochelle at the top of Franschhoek Pass, to help someone who had a leg injury.
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A helicopter crew contracted to the Department of Health found the injured person and landed at the landing zone close to the top of the pass.
Marais said:
The helicopter flew to Matroosberg, where a paramedic attended to the man and transported him to hospital.
However, the day was not over yet.
Between 17:00 and 19:20, rescuers monitored three hikers who started coming down the Platteklip Gorge path after they missed the last cable car down from Table Mountain.
A team of two hiked up, met them and accompanied them down.
In the meantime, another team made voice contact with hikers immediately under the cable car's cable. The team walked them up and around to the top of Platteklip Gorge, and then over to the upper cable station.
"They then, with the kind assistance of the cable car company took them down in the cable car where they were rejoined with their family, who took them home," Marais added.
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