Close call remembered at opening of new rescue HQ

TYPICALLY enough, it was on a Friday the 13th when the Kerry Mountain Rescue Team (KMRT) got yet another call-out from climbers in difficulty.

Deirdre Creagh and Robert Wade of Cork had fallen about 100ft, as they descended from Carrantuohill, on August 13 and both were injured.

They were brought to safety in a nine-hour operation involving up to 30 rescue team members. It was their first accident in Ireland in 20 years of mountaineering and it occurred in slippery conditions as they crossed a deep ravine.