Giants Castle March 2005 incident

23 Oct 2007 14:09 #6 by intrepid
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I have heard that 2 suspects were subsequently arrested by Basutho Police who where in possession of the stolen goods. They pointed out another 10 suspects who were the ones actually involved in the attack. Most of the stolen property was recovered and 7 of the suspects were found guilty, the other 3 being juveniles with the cases still pending.

If anyone else has more information on this incident please feel free to share it.

Though it has been over 2 years, I think we should still take to heart the lessons learned.

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02 Jan 2008 17:25 #20 by Oneye
I was in the berg at the time, hiking north on the traverse. I was well south of the Giant at the time, but it's scary to realize itcudabinme.

This reminds me of a time I was north of the cathedral range - I forget what year but it must have been 2000 or 2001 - on a high lookout and spotted what looked to me like a chopper or a plane tumbling down the gully of the cathedral. Did a plane ever crash there?

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03 Jan 2008 09:06 #25 by intrepid
:( I did the Grand Traverse a week after the incident! Bannerman Cave had been \"closed\"...the sleeping area was blocked off with twigs. We made sure we covered most of the Giants Castle area in one day and did guard duty while camping in the Mokhotlong valley.

I'm not aware of any aircraft crashed in that area at that time. There was a plane crash in the southern Berg last year and a minor helicopter crash in Mweni/Ampitheatre area in 2004. What gully are you referring to? Where you north or south of Cathedral?

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03 Jan 2008 10:14 #26 by Oneye
I was NORTH of the Cathedral Range, on the escarpment edge. Someday I'll process my film and figure out the date. I watched something big tumble down the entire visible gully. Didn't act like rocks, but like an extended object. I know helicopters fly in the area, I assumed it was one.

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03 Jan 2008 20:46 #30 by intrepid
I've opened a new discussion here to continue discussion around aircraft crashes.

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