PEOPLE & CULTURE

on the edge: search and rescue on table mountain

Cape Town’s flat-topped Table Mountain, slap-bang in the middle of a big city, looks an easy climb. It’s not. We go behind the scenes with the mountain rescue team.

programme information

Duration

1 x 60'

Production Company

Factuals: Biography and History Unit

YOP

2011

Definitions

SD HD

Episode Information

Cape Town’s flat-topped Table Mountain, slap-bang in the middle of a big city, looks an easy climb. It’s not. We go behind the scenes with the mountain rescue team. With spectacular footage showing difficult rock-climbs and the splendour of Table Mountain, this is an intimate portrait of the unique camaraderie and emotions that come with saving lives on a mountain which has one of the highest accident rates in the world.

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