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    Pics of you and/or your bike

    This just had to be explored.
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    Pictures that makes you wanna ride !

    Kom se pad, near Knysna. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!  :ricky:
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    Pics of you and/or your bike

    Little back-road just south of Oudtshoorn...
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    Pictures that makes you wanna ride !

    Spot just south of Oudtshoorn
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    Pics of you and/or your bike

    Lookout point on the top of Spitskop between Knysna and Avontuur.
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    BMW down in Die Hel

    @buzz If a patient that we pick up has a medical aid, we will try to recover the cost from their insurance after they are safely in hospital. If they do not then the bill is picked up by the Western Cape Department of Health. At R22 000/hour we won't ever send a bill to an individual and demand...
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    BMW down in Die Hel

    Hey Rhino_Horn I am not a pilot so no, I don't do the flying myself... I'm a rescue paramedic and hoist operator. I generally sit in the back and keep people alive or hoist rescuers down to patients or get hoisted myself. Absolutely awesome job, I really love it. There's only one job in the...
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    Biker rescued from Swartberg Pass

    No auto-hover system, just damn good pilots. The Agusta 119 does have a forced trim system but it's switched off for hovering and rescue operations and it's all the pilot. The number just posted 08611 63729 (or 08611 MERCY), will put you through to the switchboard at the Air Mercy Service...
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    New kid on the block

    Greetings fellow nomads Justin here, currently of Oudtshoorn, a flight Paramedic by trade and relatively new to the two-wheeled fraternity. Spent my share of time on scramblers as a young'un but recently succumbed to my hearts desires in purchasing a BMW F800GS. 1000km later my smile is only...
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    Biker rescued from Swartberg Pass

    Hi all For any interested, this is the rescue helicopter that picked up Vanessa. It is based in Oudtshoorn and (weather dependent) will respond to any and all accidents within a 200km radius. You have or come across a bad fall or accident anywhere in the Western Cape call the provincial...
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    BMW down in Die Hel

    Thanks much Raka Check out the original story thread, I'll post a pic of the chopper that picked her up.
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    BMW down in Die Hel

    I recently joined this website having acquired a BMW F800GS (a legendary machine, very sexy in lava orange!) and am curious as to the outcome of a mishap that occured during the BMW rally in Oudtshoorn this past April. I am a paramedic and I work for a helicopter emergency response and rescue...
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