Words: Dr Clare O’Leary & Pat Falvey
Lead image: Team Norit
Eleven climbers, including legendary Irish mountaineer Gerard McDonnell, died on K2, the world’s second highest mountain in early August. Ger had just successfully summited the mountain much to the delight of his family and friends, including well-known Irish climbers Pat Falvey and Clare O’Leary. Since the [...]

On 1 December 2007, arguably the biggest waves ever surfed in Europe were ridden at Mullaghmore, Co Sligo, by local man Richie Fitzgerald, Gabe Davies (UK), Alastair Mennie (Portrush) and Duncan Scott (South Africa). Incredibly, the drama was caught on camera for the film called Wave Riders

Pre dawn and we found ourselves dodging the spray on-board a passenger ferry on a deserted Monday. It was the first Monday in January and we were blissfully far removed from any recessionary woes.  It was colder then a grave diggers ass as temperature hit record lows across the country. We were wrapped from head [...]

Adventure racing has taken me to remote, inhospitable parts of the world. So the chance to compete in an event in the lush tropical sun-kissed Caribbean Guadeloupe islands with regular race team mate Vanessa Lawrenson was one that I couldn’t say no to.
Last November, we competed against 29 other teams from 20 countries in [...]