Search
Navigation
Latest Call Outs
|
24.08.2010 Miner's Village, GlendaloughOn Tuesday 24th August at 7.30pm the Mountain Rescue services were alerted to a possible distress call in the Glendalough Valley. Walkers had heard what sounded like distress calls from the slopes above the Miner’s village – a location from which there have been several incidents in the last few weeks. Mountain Rescue personnel themselves were walking in the area, and felt that they had heard the same or similar calls. Pers... |
|
03.07.2010 Fraughan Rock GlenThird Callout for the voluntary Mountain Rescue service in 7 days, At approx 16:30hrs on Saturday 03rd of July, Garda Command & Control contact Mountain Rescue service and inform them of a climber who has sustained a injury while rock-climbing in the Fraughan Rock Glen. Both the Dublin & Wicklow Mountain Rescue Team and the Glen of Imaal Red Cross Mountain Rescue Team responded along with Wicklows Ambulance service. The rock-climber w... |
|
28.06.2010 LugnaquillaMonday 28th June four young teenagers from Northern Ireland called for the assistance of the Mountain Rescue service in Wicklow. While participating in the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme they became disoriented near the summit of Lugnaquillia. The group, all girls, were on their third day of a four day camping trip in the mountains when the weather broke. Heavy rain and awful visibility meant that navigation became extremely challengi... |
|
26.06.2010 CorrigasleggaunAt approx 13.50hrs, on the way to Lugnaquillia (Leinster’s highest peak), a hillwalker suffered a lower leg injury on Corrigasleggaun (780m). His group attempted to evacuate him themselves but found that they were unable and called in Mountain Rescue. Both the Dublin & Wicklow Mountain Rescue Team andthe Glen of Imaal Red Cross Mountain Rescue Team attended the incident. The injured person was airlifted at 3.10pm by the Irish Co... |
| «Newer Posts |
|
Older Posts» |
