Gardens local, Barry Smit, managed to rough up his attackers badly enough to scare them off.
A British long-distance runner, Tom Evans, has announced his withdrawal from the forthcoming RMB Ultra-trail Cape Town race after becoming the latest victim in the scourge of Table Mountain attacks.
The search for 36-year-old Ken Stephen continues today. The trail runner has been missing since Monday, when he left home and headed to Platteklip Gorge at around 2:30PM.