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14.02.2009 LugnaquillaThe Dublin & Wicklow Mountain Rescue Team (DWMRT) and neighbouring Glen of Imaal MRT (GOIMRT) were called into action for the second time this week in the vicinity of Lugnaquilla Mountain, County Wicklow. The week began with a high profile search operation on Monday and Tuesday for two ‘benighted’ mountaineers, with another callout today when rescuers were tasked with assisting a walker who was suffering due to the cold condition... |
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09.02.2009 LugnaquillaThe Dublin & Wicklow Mountain Rescue Team and Glen of Imaal Red Cross Mountain Rescue Team began searching in difficult conditions for two men in their thirties who have been lost on Lugnaquilla since late Monday afternoon. The two men raised the alarm on Monday night after they lost their map and freezing fog and poor visibility caused them to become disorientated. They remained in contact with rescue services through the night. T... |
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06.02.2009 RounwoodGardaà contacted the team at aprox 4.30am to ask for our assistance with the local milkman who was stuck in 1 meter high snow drifts on the road between Roundwood and Newtown.. The team sent its 4x4 and asses the conditions. On arrival it was quickly determined that a 4x4 was not going to be powerful enough to tow it out. The snow was being blown out from the fields and causing the snow drifts otherwise the road was fully acc... |
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02.02.2009 Sally Gap RoadThe Dublin & Wicklow Mountain Rescue Team and Glen of Imaal Mountain Rescue Team received a callout at 22:00hrs for a group of specialist 4 wheel drive vehicles with highly experienced drivers attempted to reach the four men stranded on the Sally Gap since Tuesday evening via a number of different routes. Unfortunately it was impossible to get any closer than c. 5km of the men, with drifts of snow up to 1.5m high in places and the ro... |
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