Rescuers called out to foggy Galtee Mountains for third time in three days to find lost hiker

Dense fog on the Galtee Mountains this week. Photo courtesy of the South Eastern Mountain Rescue Association

placeholder image — Dense fog on the Galtee Mountains this week. Photo courtesy of the South Eastern Mountain Rescue Association

The South Eastern Mountain Rescue team rescued a walker lost in heavy fog on the Galtee Mountains yesterday (Tuesday) in what was their third rescue mission on the mountain range in as many days.

SEMRA received the call out from An Garda Síochána at 11.46am yesterday, February 1. Members of the mountain rescue team reached the walker shortly after 2pm and were able to escort the hiker off the hill at the Black Road by 4.20pm.

Three female hikers were rescued from the Galtee Mountains on Monday by SEMRA members and the team was also called out to rescue two lost hikers on Galtee Mór on Sunday afternoon, who ended up being guided off the mountain by a hill walking group that came upon the. All had got lost in the mountains due to dense fog.