13.07.2010

Wet Friday evening training in Glendalough

The team was out training in Glendalough last Friday evening – we completed a complete circuit of the upper lake in heavy rain, passing Temple-na-Skellig and the location of the dog rescue last week. We get a lot of callouts from this area - it is a very dangerous place, particularly in wet or lowlight conditions. The team used a series of fixed ropes to minimise the risks but even with these team members were confronted with steep,...

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Animal rescue!

Two members of Dublin Wicklow Mountain Rescue Team were doing a recce for an upcoming training exercise in the St. Kevin’s Bed area of the upper lake in Glendalough and ended up carrying out the second canine rescue this summer! The pair had been skirting the rock band on the south side of the lake when they were surprised by growling noises. Initially they thought the sound was just carrying across the lake until they spotted a very forlorn looking dog on a ledge at the waters edge. The wayward pooch had ...

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Barking Mad

The Teams is gone barking mad..... 2nd dog rescue in 3 months. Team members who have been out on a reconnaissance mission for a team training event due to take place tomorrow night, have rescued a dog that has been missing for three days around the steep ground above St Kevin’s bed on The Spink in Glendalough. The owners have collected their missing pooch... Jaffa a 7 Years Old Cross Breed between a Pomeraine/Spitz was missing for a number of days and survived Bear Grylls style...The was reunited with his family at appr...

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