Ken Stephen Death | Passed Away | Obituary
Ken Stephen Death – Dead: A great loss was made known to InsideEko. As friends and families of the deceased are mourning the passing of their loved and cherished Ken Stephen.
Having heard about this great loss, the family of this individual is passing through pains, mourning the unexpected passing of their beloved.
This departure was confirmed through social media posts made by Twitter users who pour out tributes, and condolences to the family of the deceased.
RIP Ken Stephens. 🙌🏽
His body was found on Table Mountain near Africa Ledge of India Venster.
If you’re going onto the mountain do so in groups, stick to popular routes, use an app that alerts a loved one as to where you are and carry some sort of protection.
RIP Ken Stephens. 🙌🏽
His body was found on Table Mountain near Africa Ledge of India Venster.
If you’re going onto the mountain do so in groups, stick to popular routes, use an app that alerts a loved one as to where you are and carry some sort of protection.
— Dylan Moore (@MrCPT) July 8, 2020
It is with great sadness that we hear of the untimely passing of Ken Stephen, son of the VOB Squash Club stalwart Alti Stephen.Our heartfelt condolences to Alti, Binny and the family.
VOB Squash Club
It is with great sadness that we hear of the untimely passing of Ken Stephen, son of the VOB Squash Club stalwart Alti Stephen.
Our heartfelt condolences to Alti, Binny and the family.
VOB Squash Club
— VOB Squash (@vobsquash) July 10, 2020
The body of a trail runner, who’s been missing, has been found on Table Mountain. Thirty-six-year-old, Ken Stephen, went missing on Monday evening. Wildernis Search and Rescue spokesperson, Johann Marais, says a wallet, car keys and clothing confirmed the deceased’s identity. Marais says he may have fallen from a high location judging from where the body was found. Extensive air and ground searches were launched when he disappeared.
Late Tuesday night, I noticed a post on facebook that a 36 year old trail runner was missing on Table Mountain. It seems that he had gone for a run on Monday afternoon never to return.
This struck close to home as I spend quite a bit of time hiking on the mountain. I don’t trail run as I’m not brave enough to risk falling from some of the narrow paths and also have a fear of heights. It’s all I can do to hike up the mountain hugging the side of the mountain any places where there is a drop off.
Come to find out, Table Mountain Search and Rescue deployed teams all over the mountain from Monday night through the day on Tuesday with 16 teams and a helicopter. After not finding him on Tuesday, they asked for more help from the community.
Day 3 of the search was crucial as a winter cold front was approaching and he would have been 3 days without water if still alive. As I was planning to do a hike with a one of my former students and his brother anyway on Wednesday, I asked permission from their mom to see if we could see if they needed help with the search on the mountain.
When we arrived at 10 AM on Wednesday, I was absolutely stunned by the masses of cars parked near the Cableway. Normally, the Cableway is visited by tourists from all over the world and there are more foreigners on the mountain than locals. But, as international flights are closed and the Cableway is not even open, I knew it had to be from the people who came out to help with the search.
After parking quite a distance from the Search and Rescue Staging Area near the Cableway, we joined the masses of people (more than 500) who broke up into teams to find this missing runner. And, I quickly discovered a positive side to humanity that we sometimes forget.
When someone is lost, hundreds (if not thousands) will risk life and limb to find that missing person. We value human life and and many wonderful human beings will go to great lengths to save and protect people that we have never met. This lifted my spirits so very much and restored a little of my faith in humanity at a time when we seem to only see negative articles on the news.
Now, the sad end to this story is that only a body was found at the base of a large drop off. This must have been heartbreaking to his family and friends. But, it is also a reminder to be so very careful when involved in activities that involve risk.
Several times over this last week, I have been struck by the thought that we need to live our lives in such a way that we realize that tomorrow may never come. I do not mean this in a negative way, but as a reminder to tell those that we love how we feel, to make sure we are in right relationship with our heavenly father, and that we must live each day to the fullest serving others.
I think of the two greatest commandments from the Bible, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul and mind and love your neighbor as yourself.” Those searching for the missing man on the mountain were loving their neighbor as themselves.
To go back to our involvement in the search, we quickly realized that we were not needed after helping for a short while. I also made the decision to NOT put the young men with me at additional risk unnecessarily when I saw they had every nook and cranny of the section assigned to our search teams covered.
So, we were blessed to enjoy the beauty of God’s creation and spend some time enjoying a hike up the mountain trails. I am posting a few pics from our hike as well as from our brief involvement with the search.
And, please be in prayer for the family of Ken Stephen. I do not know him nor his family and friends, but they are surely grieving now and had no idea he would be taken from them so very suddenly and without
We are still working on getting more details about the death, as family statement on the death is yet to be released.