Hiker in South African park found dead

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This isn’t really a travel topic.

Untrue.

Some countries are particularly dangerous for female travelers.

https://www.saferspaces.org.za/understand/entry/gender-based-violence-in-south-africa#:~:text=Between%2025%25%20and%2040%25%20of,in%20their%20lifetime%20%5B10%5D.

1/4-1/3 of adult South African men report having raped a women.

Not somewhere I would recommend you send your daughter on vacation.

Sure, but that's another topic. This is about the death of a woman. If OP wanted to talk about what countries are dangerous for solo female travelers, she should have done so, not posted about a stranger's personal tragedy and "thoughts and prayers."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is so tragic. I lived in Cape Town for a year and I would have never done this hike alone.

Same here, but mainly because it’s not safe to hike alone, regardless of where you are. South Africa is my favorite country that I’ve lived in.

Why was this posted here? Is OP also going to post about hikers who get into trouble on the Appalachian Trial? We have no idea what happened to this poor girl.

[Anonymous]

Table Mountain is a very popular day hike. She would have been near other people the vast majority of the day.

Sure, someone could've attacked her. But she would also be near witnesses. Not exactly the place you go after a young woman.

I'm thinking she stopped to take a photo and slipped. It's dangerous and with sheer cliff drops.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Table Mountain is beautiful. Cape Town’s setting is stunning…but the crime is off the charts. For example, cabs do not stop at red lights at night, so that they can avoid armed robbery.

The only thing true in this ridiculous post is that South Africa has high crime levels.

People do actually stop at red lights, and Table Mountain is crawling with tourists most of the time.

[Anonymous]

Here's one of the most difficult hikes on Table Mountain - it's extreme and requires lots of rock scrambling and using chain ropes to pull yourself up rock formations. Very easy to fall and crack your head open. No one is using safety gear in the pics:

https://www.forgesa.com/table-mountain-route/kloof-corner-ridge

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Table Mountain is beautiful. Cape Town’s setting is stunning…but the crime is off the charts. For example, cabs do not stop at red lights at night, so that they can avoid armed robbery.

The only thing true in this ridiculous post is that South Africa has high crime levels.

People do actually stop at red lights, and Table Mountain is crawling with tourists most of the time.

The poster specified “at night,” which was her experience. True I can attest. Maybe not your experience…but that does not make the post untrue.

[Anonymous]

Has it been confirmed that she was the victim of a crime? Plenty of deaths were reported over the summer in US National parks from people who were overcome by the elements.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Table Mountain is a very popular day hike. She would have been near other people the vast majority of the day.

Sure, someone could've attacked her. But she would also be near witnesses. Not exactly the place you go after a young woman.

I'm thinking she stopped to take a photo and slipped. It's dangerous and with sheer cliff drops.

Don’t you think they would have mentioned if she was found at the bottom of a cliff, with traumatic injuries? Duh.

See Chandra Levy, who went running in Rock Creek Park, in broad daylight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This isn’t really a travel topic.

Untrue.

Some countries are particularly dangerous for female travelers.

https://www.saferspaces.org.za/understand/entry/gender-based-violence-in-south-africa#:~:text=Between%2025%25%20and%2040%25%20of,in%20their%20lifetime%20%5B10%5D.

1/4-1/3 of adult South African men report having raped a women.

Not somewhere I would recommend you send your daughter on vacation.

1 in 4 women in the US are raped … so US is unsafe for women for vacation?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Table Mountain is beautiful. Cape Town’s setting is stunning…but the crime is off the charts. For example, cabs do not stop at red lights at night, so that they can avoid armed robbery.

The only thing true in this ridiculous post is that South Africa has high crime levels.

People do actually stop at red lights, and Table Mountain is crawling with tourists most of the time.

The poster specified “at night,” which was her experience. True I can attest. Maybe not your experience…but that does not make the post untrue.

Nope, totally untrue in my own experience living there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Table Mountain is a very popular day hike. She would have been near other people the vast majority of the day.

Sure, someone could've attacked her. But she would also be near witnesses. Not exactly the place you go after a young woman.

I'm thinking she stopped to take a photo and slipped. It's dangerous and with sheer cliff drops.

Have hiked Table Mtn myself and the above is 100% true.

[Anonymous]

I did that hike with two others and I fell apart. It was so hot, no shade, and it's a tough climb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I did that hike with two others and I fell apart. It was so hot, no shade, and it's a tough climb.

I can imagine. I took the cable car up and still baked in the sun at the top.

Gorgeous place but surely can be trouble if you get lost, don't have enough water, get overheated, and so on. Not sure why people are automatically jumping to crime.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has it been confirmed that she was the victim of a crime? Plenty of deaths were reported over the summer in US National parks from people who were overcome by the elements.

No indication whatsoever it was a crime and in fact her dad referred to it as "tragic, unexpected and accidental loss".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Table Mountain is a very popular day hike. She would have been near other people the vast majority of the day.

Sure, someone could've attacked her. But she would also be near witnesses. Not exactly the place you go after a young woman.

I'm thinking she stopped to take a photo and slipped. It's dangerous and with sheer cliff drops.

Have hiked Table Mtn myself and the above is 100% true.

If it’s so crowded wouldn’t someone have also seen her slip during a photo stop?