Snowboarders Trapped in Wicklow

Mitch Buchannon

I got this off Independent.ie
Search underway for snowboarders trapped on Lugnacoille

A search is continuing this morning for two snowboarders who became trapped in the Wicklow Mountains last night.
The pair are understood to have gotten into difficulty while snowboarding on Lugnacoille.
They raised the alarm at around 9.30pm and a search involving the coastguard helicopter was launched, but bad weather is hampering the operation.
The two snowboarders are understood to have been in regular contact with the emergency services during the night.

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Climbers stranded in Wicklow Mountains
Tuesday, 10 February 2009 08:07

A search is continuing for two men who have been stranded in the Wicklow Mountains overnight.

The men have been lost on Lugnaquilla since they went climbing there yesterday afternoon.

The two men were on the mountain when a freezing fog reduced visibility at around 4pm.
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The pair dropped their map and were unable to find it.

The men raised the alarm on a mobile phone and mountain rescue teams have had some contact with them through the night, however their exact location is unknown.

Members of the Dublin, Wicklow and Glen of Imaal mountain rescue teams and the Defence Forces have been searching on foot on the snowy mountain overnight.

The coastguard helicopter has searched the mountain twice but difficult weather conditions forced it back down.

A large scale operation began at first light in an effort to locate the two men who have spent the night in freezing conditions.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0210/wicklow.html

Role call, who's missing :eek:

ShayK1

holy ****. I hope they're ok.

Overflow

Jesus i hope they get found! I wonder if it was any of the lads from here !

La La

oh god, that's not good - hope they are rescued soon....
hopefully they were wearing thermals under their regular boarding gear so they can at least keep their temps up but that would be bpretty scary being in touch with emergency crews and them not knowing where you are exactly

Don1

Hope they're okay, but I must ask, what in the hell possessed them to leave it that late before calling for help? As soon as you are lost or its getting dark I'd imagine would be the right time.
I do hope the get found okay and pronto.

loobylou

They've been found safely so now I can say this.

You always find the snowboarders sitting in the middle of the piste!!:

Don1

...... yeah, being cool though! ;D

Snowie

loobylou wrote: »

You always find the snowboarders sitting in the middle of the piste!!:

I know its stupid i snowboard and allways sit my self down at the edge of the piste skier's do it to.....except they just stop dead...

Don1 wrote: »

...... yeah, being cool though! ;D

nah if you really wanan be cool youle have spechil blend on with googels bigger then your face :Di do ...

personally im not overly suprised that something like that happened... When going back country requires experence, equipment a knowlidge, something that not many snowboarders have in this country id imagine so what theyve got 30 days riding really exerperenced....

ShayK1

were they not hiking?

All the reports I've heard said Hikers or Climbers, not boarders...

Don1

I reckon it was folk after lucky charms...........