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2 die in climbing accident on South Africa’s Table Mountain

2 die in climbing accident on South Africa's Table Mountain | iNFOnews.ca
FILE- In this Monday, Oct. 19, 2009 file photo, an aerial view of Table mountain, left, that form's the back drop of Cape Town city, in Cape Town, South Africa. In a dramatic overnight operation, emergency responders have descended on ropes from a cable car on South Africa's Table Mountain to recover the bodies of two male climbers, including a Japanese citizen, who died after falling from a cliff, it was reported Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, File)

JOHANNESBURG – Two people have died and a third has been injured in a climbing accident on Table Mountain, a major tourist destination in the South African city of Cape Town.

Local media report that two bodies were recovered Tuesday morning after emergency responders abseiled from a cable car to rescue the survivor late Monday.

After the rescue operation, hundreds of tourists who were stranded for hours on top of the mountain were ferried to the bottom in cable cars.

The African News Agency says the three climbers were using ropes when they fell and two died when they hit the ground. The agency quotes Merle Collins, a spokeswoman for South Africa’s national parks service, as saying they had been abseiling down the mountain.

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