Authorities to retrieve body from Table Mountain

[Grant]

Authorities will today retrieve a body found on Table Mountain.

The body was spotted near a hiking trail by a hiker on Wednesday afternoon.

Wilderness Search and Rescue’s Johann Marais said, “We will do a recovery of the body. The scene where the body itself was found was left under control of the South African Police Services.”

The identity of the deceased is still unknown at this stage.

http://ewn.co.za/2015/06/18/Body-found-on-Table-Mountain

 

[supersunbird]

That missing guy? Or has he or his body been found already?

 

[Drifter]

Was wondering the same.

 

[Datura]

Meh...

 

[Datura]

That missing guy? Or has he or his body been found already?

Nope, it hasn't. Could very likely be him.

 

[saor]

That missing guy? Or has he or his body been found already?

I've heard no news about him. Sure we'll find out soon. Either way - that sucks. I'm still curious about what happened if it was him - snake bite, drugs / a trip that went wrong, body malfunction...eish.

 

[scudsucker]

Also, which hiking trail? It must have been quite an obscure one as even the lesser used paths (eg, the high contour path on Devil's Peak, Ledges, or Grotto Ravine) get a fair amount of traffic when the weather is good. I very rarely do not meet other hikers.

 

[Solarion]

Quite easy to get killed up there, just slip and fracture and ankle and you're pretty much fked especially on a hardly used path.

 

[LazyLion]

Was it there for 127 hours?

 

[goth_nerd]

 

[Azbubu]

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Body-found-on-Table-Mountain-identified-20150630

Cape Town - The body of a Johannesburg man found on Table Mountain almost two weeks ago has been identified.

Henry Harris, 57, was reported missing by the manager of the Camps Bay Resort on June 8, after he failed to return to the hotel.

Dessie Rechner of The Pink Ladies organisation for missing children told News24 the body had since been identified.

Cape Town central police spokesperson Captain Ezra October said the case was still under investigation.

“According to our information, the deceased was a chef from Vereeniging,” he said.

The man bought a single ticket for a trip up the mountain, October confirmed.

“No note was retrieved and nothing sinister is suspected. There were also no witnesses to the incident.”

Once the post mortem and blood reports are concluded, the matter will be referred to the senior state prosecutor, he added.

The man's body was found by a hiker on Thursday June 18.

Police believed the body had not been on the mountain for longer than a few days as it was not badly decomposed.

Harris is thought to have fallen about 200 metres. His body was found in the Arrow Final area on Table Mountain.

News24

 

[Nerfherder]

Thanks for coming here just to off yourself

 

[Solarion]

Thanks for coming here just to off yourself

Capetonians have a way of doing that to people. I'd probably jump too.

 

[Nerfherder]

Capetonians have a way of doing that to people. I'd probably jump too.

Ya, me too but off a cliff in to the sea. Not on the mountain where they have to go fetch you.

 

[Solarion]

Ya, me too but off a cliff in to the sea. Not on the mountain where they have to go fetch you.

I knew you were a good guy. Even in your final moments you are considerate of the sharks.

 

[Nerfherder]

I knew you were a good guy. Even in your final moments you are considerate of the sharks.

I recycle, that's how I roll