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15 Squadron Oryx on mountain rescue mission.
A 60-year-old hiker with head injuries was rescued from a precarious site in the Drakensberg thanks to the efforts of the provincial nature conservation agency, the Mountain Club of SA, Westline Aviation and the SA Air Force (SAAF).
Part one of the rescue started on Friday 9 April when the Mountain Club’s mountain rescue team was on the receiving end of a distress call. According to Gavin Raubenheimer, the club’s KZN search and rescue convener, the hiker fell and sustained head injuries after taking a wrong route when descending Gray’s Pass in the Monk’s Cowl area. A joint operation started with two experienced rangers, one a paramedic, airlifted to the top of Gray’s Pass.
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