Stuck on a ledge, my life was at risk. I was to blame

Mary Cody was stranded on the Reeks without essential supplies. She survived thanks to the local mountain rescue team.

IT was a summer’s day, with blue skies over Carrantuohill. It was a day I learned valuable lessons the hard way.

Despite having hiked in difficult mountain ranges before, from the Andes to the Atlas to the Alps, inexperience and a lack of planning put my life and a friend’s life in danger. And it’s thanks to Kerry Mountain Rescue that I am able to write this today.