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MountainViews - Walkers Association Meeting.

hilladmin — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 23:47:05 +0000

Mark Brennan, centre, receiving an award from Jean Cantwell - Gavin Bate to the left.John FitzGeraldMark Brennan outlines the origin of the "Dan Clancy" chair on Slievecorragh (Wicklow)Martin Critchly describes the opportunities of winter walking.

St Patrick's Day Walk in three grades from Glendalough: Fundraiser

hilladmin — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 09:44:40 +0000

Annual fundraiser, Glendalough on St Patricks Day

organised by

Partnership America Latina and the Little Sisters of the Assumption

for deprived children in Latin America.

The walk starts at 10.30 - tea/coffee, sandwiches will be available - 3 different grades led by Irish Ramblers Club.

Meeting place: Visitors' Center, Glendalough. Organiser - Kathleen Forde (Rambler) kforde123@hotmail.com

Walkers Association Quiz, 2011

hilladmin — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:03:41 +0000

WAI Quiz 2011

Wayfarers Celebrate 40 years with Mountain Rescue Collection.

hilladmin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:00:59 +0100

The Wayfarers Association is celebrating 40 years this year!

Joyce Country Challenge 2010

Patsy — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:11:55 +0100

The Joyce Country Challenge 2010

The Joyce Country Challenge 2010 was blessed with good weather and was enjoyed by all, organisers and walkers alike.

PHOTO HIKE APRIL 2009 - Glendalough

adrianhendroff — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:38:51 +0100

Happy Smiley Faces At The End Of The Hike ...

Talk on the Camino de Norte, Change in Venue

am — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:27:31 +0000

The next event being organised by the Walkers Association of Ireland is a talk on the Camino de Norte.

When: Thursday March 26th at 8pm

Where: Upstairs in the Yellow House Pub, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14.

John Cruise will be giving an illustrated talk on walking in Spain. The
full Camino del Norte is a walk of 756km (established in the 9th
century), however John tells us that there are many shorter sections.
John walks frequently in Wicklow and has also completed the Camino
Frances and Camino Portugues.

Difficult Mountain Rescue on Lugnaquillia

hilladmin — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:17:48 +0000

Men Survive Lugnaquillia Ordeal

Hauling Sledge in poor weather.The Glen of Imaal Mountain Rescue Team were alerted by the Defence forces based in the Glen of Imaal to two men missing in the Lugnaquillia area at 21:00 yesterday evening (Monday, 09 February 2009).

With deteriorating weather conditions, the Glen team notified Gardaí and neighbouring Dublin /Wicklow Mountain Rescue Team to the call and rapid response search parties were dispatched onto the mountain with high priority.

Injured Walker airlifted to hospital on St. Stephens day rescue operation

hilladmin — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:42:02 +0000

The Dublin Wicklow Mountain Rescue Team and neighbouring Glen of Imaal Red Cross MRT were alerted just after 2pm today to help an injured hill walker in the vicinity of Djouce Mountain, on a popular walking route just behind the Powerscourt Waterfalls.

An experienced hill walker in her 20's had slipped on the path her group were following and incurred a fracture to her lower leg in the fall. Other walkers in her group had attempted to move her closer to a forestry access road, but decided to contact Mountain Rescue for assistance as she was in quite severe pain at this time.

Walkers Association AGM & Launch of Evening Meets.

hilladmin — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:06:04 +0100

After the launch in April last year this was the first public meeting of the WAI.

From the Modern Navigation course (next course Oct 4th - but possibly sold out) to our support for Challenge Walks the WAI has made modest but continuous progress. Walkers Association AGM Sept 2008A major innovation launched at this meeting was the Winter Meets which will feature holiday information exchange. The first of these is the report of holidays in the Tatras and West Crete (see http://www.walkersassociation.ie/node/290)