Mountain rescue call out 9th Mar

sparrowcar

Just back from a long day on Lug with the missus and we had to call mountain rescue for some foreigners stuck up on the cliffs above Fraughan glen. I had no gear to help so just hung around till the first of the MR team arrived to point out their location.

I gathered from shouting up the cliffs to one of the guys that his lady was stuck on a wall..not sure if she was injured or she got the willies with the drop below her?:(

If anyone hears the outcome of this I'd be interested?

Judge

From Glen of Imaal MRT website:

Glenmalure Rescue (09/03/10)
Volunteer members of the Glen of Imaal Red Cross and Dublin & Wicklow Mountain Rescue Teams were called out this evening to help a group of mountaineers who had found themselves in difficulty on Lugnaquilla mountain in Co. Wicklow. The climbers had begun their ascent of a difficult gully climb shortly after 7am today, Tuesday 9th March, but ran into trouble at approximately 10am when they are reported to have 'run out of rope'.

The group initially made a phonecall to a fellow climber who brought additional equipment and rope in to the base of their climb in support of an attempt to 'self rescue'. Unfortunately this proved unsuccessful and the group realised they would need to put in a call for Mountain Rescue to attend the scene.

At the same time, five members of the Dublin Airport Authority Fire & Police services who had been hill-walking in the area in preparation for a charity event and who had been observing events unfold put made a call to the emergency services for help, in tandem with the climbers own phonecall for Mountain Rescue.

The rescue teams assembled in the Barravore carpark in the valley below and deployed a number of trained specialists onto the mountain, bringing with them the equipment needed to effect a rescue in this very difficult terrain. The climbers were finally able to make their way out of the gully and off the mountain with the rescue teams just as dusk fell.

The rescue teams would like to thank all agencies who assisted in todays successful operation

Donny5

Anyone have a grid-ref for this?

sparrowcar

Judge, Thanks for that.

Donny5, Grid ref of what we witnessed was

T 046 939

On the northern cliffs of Fraughan glen

Alun

sparrowcar wrote: »

T 046 939

On the northern cliffs of Fraughan glen

Benleagh cliffs ... I've often walked along the top of them, and looked down in awe. Now, I'm not a rock climber myself, just a hillwalker, but those cliffs don't look like prime climbing territory to me. Very wet, crumbly, lots of patches of vegetation etc.

Donny5

sparrowcar wrote: »

Judge, Thanks for that.

Donny5, Grid ref of what we witnessed was

T 046 939

On the northern cliffs of Fraughan glen

Alun wrote: »

Benleagh cliffs ... I've often walked along the top of them, and looked down in awe. Now, I'm not a rock climber myself, just a hillwalker, but those cliffs don't look like prime climbing territory to me. Very wet, crumbly, lots of patches of vegetation etc.

Thanks, I was trying to picture where this was in my head.

sparrowcar

Alun wrote: »

Benleagh cliffs ... I've often walked along the top of them, and looked down in awe. Now, I'm not a rock climber myself, just a hillwalker, but those cliffs don't look like prime climbing territory to me. Very wet, crumbly, lots of patches of vegetation etc.

Right there with you....how do you "run out of rope" when you can clearly work out the height involved?

I wonder if they were out of their depths on this one

BeardyGit

The artist formerly known as Gil_Dub here

I write the following in a personal capacity. Don't go moaning if you don't agree!

The lads knew what they were doing. One became cragfast, as happens. His climbing partner attempted to help him out, but didn't have enough rope. They called another friend who came with another rope to assist. They still didn't have enough rope to confidently self rescue, and did the smart thing in calling out the teams.

We brought additional kit and rope with us, but the lads eventually managed to work their way out of the predicament, largely without any help being needed in the end up from us. We were glad we were there though, as they were literally running out of daylight and ideas.

I get the impression from the lads that they're well experienced. They certainly did all the right things from our perspective.

Gil

Alun

Thanks for the inside info Gil_Dub, sorry RoverCraft

So are the Benleagh Cliffs a popular climbing destination then? I can't say I recall ever seeing anyone climbing there, and they always looked very uninviting to me, I must say, but then as I said I'm not a climber.

BeardyGit

Takes all sorts Alun, eh? Wouldn't be my first choice either but I guess there's worse routes to spend a day on too.

sparrowcar

RoverCraft wrote: »

The artist formerly known as Gil_Dub here

I write the following in a personal capacity. Don't go moaning if you don't agree!

The lads knew what they were doing. One became cragfast, as happens. His climbing partner attempted to help him out, but didn't have enough rope. They called another friend who came with another rope to assist. They still didn't have enough rope to confidently self rescue, and did the smart thing in calling out the teams.

We brought additional kit and rope with us, but the lads eventually managed to work their way out of the predicament, largely without any help being needed in the end up from us. We were glad we were there though, as they were literally running out of daylight and ideas.

I get the impression from the lads that they're well experienced. They certainly did all the right things from our perspective.

Gil

Great to hear that all got down safe.

I'm lost as to why he shouted that a girl was stuck on the wall?

Thanks for update RoverCraft