More hikers rescued from Fish River Canyon

• Concerns grow over safety of canyon hiking trails
A major challenge for rescue companies is the difficulty of obtaining authorisation from South African medical aid companies to launch helicopter operations.
Ellanie Smit
Another three hikers had to be rescued from the Fish River Canyon by helicopter just over a week ago.This rescue followed closely on the heels of a major operation to extract 13 pe
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