Man rescued from Wicklow mountain after teams use smartphone technology to find him

A man in his 50s was rescued this afternoon after he got lost while hill walking in Lugnaquilla in Co Wicklow.

The man is a competent walker and a regular user of the mountains, but he became disorientated during bad weather conditions when he was descending from Lugnaquilla towards Baravore Carpark in Glenmalure.

Mountain Rescue Teams located the man using a technology called SARLOC which enables the teams to use his smartphone to pinpoint his location and provide a grid reference.

Members of the mountain rescue teams made their way to the man’s location where they escorted him off the mountains.

This is the second such incident on Lugnaquilla in that past 24 hours.