05.09.2010

St Mary's School for Deaf Girls

Here's a story from a while ago but it's worth sharing and it shows being part of the team isn't all about helicoptors, lost people and broken ankles.

A couple of months ago two of our team members were asked to give a brief mountain safety talk to some of the girls from the Marian School, St Mary's School for Deaf Girls before they attempted a hike in the Wicklow Mountains. The two lads gave their presentation, showed t...

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Team called out to Glendalough, Co. Wicklow

Wicklows Mountain Rescue Services comprised of the Dublin & Wicklow and Glen of Imaal Mountain Rescue Teams were this afternoon asked to assist a climber who had fallen from an area known as the 'main face' in Glendalough, Co. Wicklow. This particular rock face allows for both single and multi-pitch climbing at a variety of 'grades' or levels of difficulty, and is popular with national and international climbers visiting the area. The climber, a male in his 50's from Carlow, fell a distance before his safety rope...

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Busy weekend for Wicklows MR Teams

Wicklow's Mountain Rescue Services, comprised of the Dublin & Wicklow Mountain Rescue Team and Glen of Imaal Mountain Rescue Teams, had a busy weekend with a total of 3 callouts from recreational visitors to the Wicklow Mountains. On Saturday the 7th August the two teams were asked to assist a 23year-old hillrunner who experienced difficulty in descending Djouce Mountain following a competitive hill-running event. The race organisers had been able to bring the lady down some of the way to be met by Mountain Rescue vo...

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