Innovation

Mobile tech to the rescue

Injuries, getting lost, illness and crime: exploring the outdoors is fantastic, but it can be risky. Now, home-grown mobile tech is making a difference.

13 June 2018

'Eight people starting from Tafelberg road to Devil’s Peak via King’s Blockhouse. Back via the saddle path. ETA 2pm,' is what I type into the Safety-Mountain Tracking WhatsApp group I belong to. My fellow hikers are waiting at the start of the trail, eager for yet another day on the mountain.

A few seconds later, my phone’s screen lights up. “Copy Miriam, be safe,” says Wayne, one of the dozen volunteers who form the backbone of the SafetyMountain Tracking service.

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