Friends react to death of UNC student in South Africa
Friends react to death of UNC student in South Africa
Brook Cecilia Cheuvront, 20, of Newland, went hiking on Saturday at Devil’s Peak in Western Cape, according to News24 of South Africa.
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So sad ..my heart goes out to friends snd and family..
Table Mountain's no joke. A few years ago I got separated from my group when the cloud cover hit, it can change things in a second and you wont be able to even see your hand in front of your face.. Luckily another group steered me back on the path after things cleared up and I found myself completely off all trails and literally had to slide down holding on to rock and bush to get to them. My mistake was being impatient and separating from group continuing to move. I still think about that close call and what would have happened had that random group not heard me calling out to my friends
Hiking alone is dangerous. Hike with friends and pray that Jesus Christ will protect you. Also be wise and don't go hiking alone in a country as dangerous as South Africa. Don't tempt fate
More people have died on Table Mountain than on Everest. You can never hike alone there, it's extremely dangerous and never go off the footpath or try and do a shortcut. Many visitors underestimate the mountain because it looks different from below and the weather can change rapidly.
I'm really sorry for her loss. Such a tragedy. May her family and friend find solace and peace.
You never hike alone in South Africa…never!!! Especially not in the Cape area where the weather is unpredictable. There are so many hiking groups to join
Its so sad..We hrieve eith you over your loss!…you need to know that when You come to South Africa , you come to a country where crime reigns, where life is not valued PLEASE DO NOT GO OUT UNLESS YOU ARE IN A GROUP OF 10 OR MORE PEOPLE, AND THERE ARE MEN IN THAT GROUP.I am a 76 year old South African who has lived to see our once beautiful, safe country go down into a hole that is draining us of everything that is of value and precious in life. BUT GOD …He is our only hope!
And the USA is the safes country in the world, what a laugh
Never hike alone. The weather changes so quickly on the mountains
It is very dangerous to hike any popular spot in South Africa, especially as a female. There are gangs waiting to rob you. There are hiking groups on FB look them up and hike in groups. I am an American living in South Africa for ten years.. The hiking groups are because of how unsafe it is to hike SA.. Mainly in places where there is a lot of tourist etc
Yip thanks to our president who thinks south africa is safe and there is nooo corruption. This should be an eye opener for the world we kive in a racist country😊
What was this young girl thinking hiking alone on Table Mountain? Prayers to her parents, and close family, from a South African, still here…
Heartbreaking 😥💔
This is heartbreaking. But in Capetown hike with a group. It's always recommended
She probably had an accident and fell to her death. I`m just glad she wasn`t raped or murdered. That said, it`s always a good idea to carry a firearm when you hike alone in South Africa, just to be on the safe side. Avoid bushy areas, don`t hike alone, and stay in the open to avoid any possible surprise attacks. This world is full of evil. My sincere condolences for her grieving family. I know she is in the loving arms of Jesus and enjoying everlasting peace, as I speak. Love from South Africa
The hike was on Table mountain, the most famous mountain in SA. Never hike alone, even if you’re a good hiker. Some areas might be slippery and you’ll easily fell. Very sad.😢
Hartbreaking…I see in one of her pictures she's wearing a " moonboot" I hope she did not walk with on her foot up there…😮
I'm south african and I don't hike in this country it's too dangerous
South Africa is murder capital of the world no matter what mainstream media try to say to the contrary and hotels back Packers should by law be forced to put warning signs up about danger posed go nowhere alone
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Hiking around Africans .. who told yall they wanted to kill all Europeans
Cause of death: Fell while trying to climb off trail. No one should go out into the wild alone.
South Africa is a dangerous country and hiking alone is absolutely one of the things you don't do. Why wasn't she warned about what is going on in this country before she came here?
Noone said she was murdered…
Hiking alone in SA? and shes suppose to be a brilliant student? Nevertheless, may her soul RIP…💐
South Africa as a nation mourns the loss of this young student😢😢😢😢
Hiking alone to follow a dream in any country and your death will follow😢
Ah south Africa! A fun filled vacation destination for the whole family.
Ah south Africa! A fun filled vacation destination for the whole family.
She fell off the mountain while attempting to traverse a small rocky path, she wasn't murdered for everyone that seems to think that.
SA is the rape/murder of the world. Don’t be living in a dream world! Crazy
She got lost
Totally misguided liberal who clearly was into BLM ideology. Ironic is it not? Never hike alone in South Africa.
South Africans hike in groups. Maybe in the US its 100% safe to hike alone.
Hiking alone? Not a good idea in South Africa.
I am heart broken, but Brook was extremely Progressive and could no longer bear to live in a world that reeks of social injustice, systemic racism and an unequal distribution of resources. She dedicated her life to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Restorative Justice, LGBTQIAPRMJ rights, neoSocialism, Recycling, Climate change, Right to Choose, Gun Safety, etc. She had a million things on her mind, and the very thought of Donald Trump winning the election terrified her. RiP
I think as a society we REALLY need to begin to research why we our children and young adults appear to be losing their CRUCIAL sense of self preservation. I think living in weird social bubbles is literally destroying their instincts and costing them their safety or even their lives like in this sad case.
Who goes hiking all alone in a foreign country?? She was a "scholar" in what, exactly? She appears to have had zero common sense. I recall a couple years ago a highly decorated professor went to Greece and—–went hiking all alone and of course a local predator quickly dispatched her.
Many people have died of hypothermia while hiking in the Cape mountains through the years.
The weather can change very rapidly from being warm to icy cold with strong winds.
People often go up the mountain unprepared for bad weather.
The world is a dangerous place. Remembered what Bryan Mills told his daughter.
I blame whoever allowed her to be a strong independent whoman. Women are just as strong as men! NOT!!
My daughter will NEVER travel alone
One lesson to take from this: Don't go hiking in South Africa.
Regardless of what happened… why would her parents allow her to travel to South Africa alone? One of the most crime ridden countries in the world… delusional I tell you
Tragic story. It sounds like she clearly was failed by many, starting at an early age: liberal parents, liberal teachers, etc., letting her develop and live a woke lifestyle. The idea of sending this young woman to South Africa to train local men and boys on the dangers of "masculine toxicity" is pure insanity (a fact that this story fails to really report in detail) in the danger that presented. Her team in South Africa should have warned her about going out alone, especially hiking in the middle of nowhere, but they are probably just as clueless as she was. Even the SA government warns people to only hike in groups of four or more. She should have stayed in the USA and studied at the Planetarium. She'd still be alive. And now, it looks like she paid the ultimate price for it.