NATURES VALLEY, PLETTENBERG BAY – Saturday, 07th September, 2013. At approximately 18h00 (Friday, 06th September) NSRI Plettenberg Bay volunteer sea rescue duty crew were activated following reports from a local back-packers lodge of two guests who had failed to return as scheduled from a day hike. The two men, believed to be a 22 year old Belgian and a 25 year old South Korean, had been dropped off by vehicle (by lodge staff) to hike Natures Valley towards Salt River (Natures Valley, Plettenberg Bay) and their expected return time was roughly 14h00 but when they failed to arrive for dinner, as pre-arranged, by 18h00 the alarm was raised by the lodge staff following the concern that their continuing absence could mean that they may be in difficulty. NSRI Plettenberg Bay and the Plettenberg Bay Mountain Rescue Club members launched a search and rescue party to search along the hiking trail. Nothing had been found by midnight and the search and rescue was suspended for rescue teams to rest and replenish. By this morning (Saturday, 07th September) the two men remain missing. It is not known what has caused the two men to fail to return from their hike as scheduled. This morning, from first light, NSRI Plettenberg Bay and the Plettenberg Bay Mountain Rescue Club are joined by WC Government Health EMS, SA Police Services and the Red Cross AMS Skymed rescue helicopter. NSRI Plettenberg Bay have also launched sea rescue craft and are searching along the coast (along the area of the hiking trail) while search and rescue teams have resumed a land search and an air search is being conducted by the Skymed rescue helicopter. Updates will follow.
Posted on: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 09:00:52 +0000
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