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Four Peaks

The recent Four Peaks trip went very well. In all, 15 club members completed the four highest peaks of Ireland and the UK on the weekend of 11th-12th June.

The trip started with an ascent of Carrauntoohil on Friday afternoon, followed throughout the weekend by Snowdon in Wales, Scafell Pike in England and Ben Nevis in Scotland. It was not a conventional Four Peaks, in that a variety of 'non-standard' routes were taken, including Collins' Gully on Carrauntoohil (bottom right below) and Jammed Boulder Gully (top centre below) and Crib Goch on Snowdon.

The weather was fantastic throughout the weekend (apart from a little hail on Ben Nevis) and a great time was had by all.

Thanks to Joe and Tim for putting in the legwork to organise the trip.

Sean Eviston

We were all greatly saddened to learn of the sudden death of Sean Eviston. Sean was a very active climber in the 1990's and was a member of KMC and Kerry Mountain Rescue Team for a number of years.

In more recent times he did a huge amount of charity and environmental work, and will be well remembered for his unstinting dedication to the Irish Seal Sanctuary.

He will be sadly missed by all who had the privelige of knowing him, and we would like to pass on our condolences to his family at this trying time.

Ecuador

The recent trip to Ecuador was a great success! A total of 14 people summited on Cotopaxi (5897m) whilst 4 also summited on Chimborazo (6310m).

Both Killarney MC and Tralee MC were represented in the group of 22, and many thanks are due to Tim Long for all his efforts in researching and organising the trip. Further photos and reports will follow soon....

Search for Missing Walker

Kerry Mountain Rescue Team have passed on their thanks to all who assisted in the recent search for the missing Swedish walker. Unfortunately the man has still not been found, but the formal phase of the search has now been called off.

For more information about Kerry MRT please visit www.kerrymountainrescue.ie