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Check Out The Mandela Laser Display They Did On Table Mountain [PIC]
10 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Tata Madiba is being honoured by the Western Cape provincial government with laser projections that will be shone onto Table Mountain this week.
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Check Out These Pics Of Snow On Table Mountain [Gallery]
30 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
‘Ell but it’s cold hey? Yes , indeed, it is. That’s probably why there is snow on Table Mountain. Such a treat, isn’t it. Check out the gallery here..
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Heads Up: There’s A Proposal To Stick A Massive Restaurant Shaped Like Mandela’s Face On Table Mountain
02 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Nothing has been set in stone, but a proposal has been drawn up to place a 60 metre high sculpture of former president Nelson Mandela’s face on the cliffs of Table Mountain.
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Bystanders Tweet Instead Of Helping Dead Lion’s Head Hiker
07 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
A hiker fell about 30m to his death yesterday after a walk up Lion’s Head went horribly wrong. Ibrahim Salie fell onto a ledge and was later declared dead on the scene.
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2oceansvibe Abseils Off Table Mountain To Crack The Case [GALLERY]
14 Dec 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Last week we revealed that one SilverStreak had swum with sharks in an effort to Crack The Case. This week, our daring man of adventure plunged himself off the side of Table Mountain. Why, you ask? No, the brief case. Not the hot Bond girl. That’s right, that’s a brief case. And Streak knows that […]
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It’s Official: Table Mountain Confirmed As Fifth Of Seven New Wonders Of Nature
03 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Remember last year when Table Mountain was voted in as one of the seven new “wonders of nature” after an extensive international voting competition run by the Swiss New7Wonders Foundation? Well an international audit has just confirmed the award, making the title official, but what does this mean for Slaapstad and our tourism industry?
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Footage of BASE Jumper Jeb Corliss Crashing Into Table Mountain Goes Viral [VIDEO]
17 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As regular readers will recall, yesterday famous BASE jumper Jeb Corliss attempted a second flight off of Table Mountain which ended in tragedy. Recently obtained amateur footage shows how he appears to have clipped a ridge, which sent him into a mid-air tumble and left him with two broken legs. Click through for the video.
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Famous BASE Jumper Badly Injured In Failed Flight Off Table Mountain – Jeb Corliss
16 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
BASE jumper Jeb Corliss is airlifted to hospital after breaking his leg in a fall on Table Mountain. Extreme sports enthusuaists will know that world famous BASE jumper, Jeb Corliss, is in Cape Town. Last week he made headlines by succesfully completing a controlled descent wingsuit flight off of Table Mountain, at insane speeds. Check […]
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Man Jumps Off Table Mountain In A Wing-Suit [Images] – Jeb Corliss
12 Jan 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Jeb Corliss has dedicated his life to human flight, and in so doing often makes the seemingly impossible a reality. He is one of the world’s foremost and best-known BASE-jumpers and wingsuit pilots. Wingsuit pilots are basically maniacs who put on a Batman suit and use it to fly down the face of mountains. In […]
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Table Mountain Will Go Red For World Aids Day Tomorrow
30 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Visitors to Cape Town (let’s face it, the migration to the Mother City for the summer has definitely started) may appreciate it if you point out Table Mountain to them tomorrow evening. With 1 December marking World Aids Day, the City of Cape Town has agreed to light up the natural wonder in red between 7pm and 11pm.
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It’s Snowing On Table Mountain (No Spice)
05 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
“Boom.” Of course, there can only be one reason for this unusual meteorological blessing: The TBG is on the Mountain. Coincidence? I think not. Come on. Don’t be silly. [Headline image source:tablemountain]
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Table Mountain Robbers Targeted
21 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Look, if you’re a robber, think again about hiding out in a cave on Table Mountain. Because the Western Cape authorities are going to be cracking down on yo’ ass. Just a warning.
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Tragic End For Public Holiday Hike On Table Mountain
22 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
One of the greatest pleasures Cape Town has to offer is free access to jaw-droppingly beautiful mountain walks. But please take care in the wild, kids. A tragic accident took place yesterday on a Table Mountain trail, resulting in a lethal fall for a local hiker.
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Table Mountain Goes Green For St Patrick’s Day
17 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Happy St Paddy’s Day. If you’re out and about making merry in Cape Town tonight, take a pause between sips of Guinness to have a look at the mountain. You may notice something different about it. Yip, those green-as-a-leprechaun floodlights. Table Mountain will be illuminated tonight from 8pm until midnight to mark Irish holiday St Patrick’s Day.
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Rob Taylor May Have Been Haunted By Drugs, Depression, And Guilt
12 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday we had a comment on our story, Rob Taylor Took The Ultimate Jump which prompted us to do a little extra digging. Professionals suggest that his unusual behaviour leading up to his death may have been a result of drug use or a mental health ailment.
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Rob Taylor Took The “Ultimate Jump”
10 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Soon after we published the story that property development tycoon, Rob Taylor, was suspected of having perished by suicide by leaping off Table Mountain, online conversations around the incident began to reveal a number of curious, if not unnerving details of the circumstances leading up to Taylor’s death.
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Charitable Audi R8 Donor Suspected Of Committing Suicide
10 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Rob Taylor, the property tycoon from Howick (KZN) who donated his R2,03 million Audi R8 to two car guards at the base of Table Mountain in January of 2010, is suspected of committing suicide by leaping from the base of the top cable car station on Sunday evening.
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It’s Been A Strange Few Days In Cape Town
10 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Skulls in lighthouses, unidentified bodies on Table Mountain, and mass food poisonings in Somerset West – it’s been a fairly strange three days in Cape Town.
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