The body of an American tourist who died on a solo rock-climbing excursion on Table Mountain was found on Monday afternoon, rescuers said.
David Andretta (31) had planned to scale the mountain on Sunday while his wife took a walking route up Plattekloof Gorge, spokesperson for Wilderness Search and Rescue Anwaaz Bent said.
When hours later Andretta had not arrived at the top, his wife phoned for help.
An aerial search with a Skymed helicopter had to be called off in the gathering darkness, but searchers combed the mountain until after midnight.
The search resumed on Monday morning, and Andretta’s body was found on a ledge at about 2pm.
Rescuers intended to hoist it into a cable car so it could be taken down to the lower cable station.
Bent said it appeared Andretta had been attempting one of the upper Africa climbing routes.
It seemed he had injuries to the chest, head and lower legs.
Bent also said a specialist ice and snow climbing team was waiting for better weather before trying to retrieve the body of Capetonian Andrew Johns, who fell down a gorge while hiking on the Matroosberg near Ceres. — Sapa