The Donegal Mountain Rescue Team is urging hillwalkers to ensure they always carry appropriate navigation equipment, inform others of their planned route, and consider current conditions before heading out.
They’ve released details in a social media post of an incident at the end of May in which gardai asked then to search for two missing hillwalkers in the Ballyliffin area as darkness was falling.
DMRT determined the individuals had become disoriented during their walk and were trapped in a gorse-covered gorge, unable to safely get out.
A team was deployed, bringing the two walkers to safety.
