Outdoor activities test teens at Wicklow

SUMMERTIME might have finally arrived yesterday but the living was far from easy for one group of youths at Wicklow.

The 26 teenagers from various parts of Ireland took to the hills and lakes of the Garden County for more than a leisurely stroll through picturesque countryside.

The mostly transition-year students are participants in a four-day adventure and survival exercise that forms the Defence Forces-Gaisce Adventure Challenge 2002.