On Friday 1 July 2011, Padraig Marrey and 10 fellow climbers set a new record for the most amount of consecutive climbs undertaken on Croagh Patrick in under 24 hours. Each climber conquered more vertical metres than Mount Everest (8,848m) andhttp://www.outsider.ie/wp-admin/link-manager.php climbed Croagh Patrick a dozen times during the allotted time period.
The challenge was not an easy one and several climbers were forced to pull out due to injury. One woman fell badly on her second climb, while a number of participants suffered from dehydration, stomach problems and bad blisters.
Speaking just after the event, Marrey said “I think it’s just the motivation and power of the mind with the sheer volume of people willing us on that was the overriding factor which got us over the line.”
Just before 8pm on Saturday, July 2, the surviving climbers arrived back down to the car park having broken the world record by nearly 1,200m. The climb was a fundraising effort in aid of Mayo Mountain Rescue and the Red Cross.
