The UK's top walking publication - Trail Magazine - came to Kerry last Autumn to write about our 14 munro's. Travel writer Phoebe Smith and Photographer Neil S Price headed out with Pat Falvey to get accustomed with the top three: Carrauntoohil, Beenkeragh and Caher. Here is a sample of…

With the warning against travelling to Caucasus region still live on 20th April, we are continuing to postpone any plans for a climb of Mt Elbrus in 2011 'Because of the volatile security situation in the North Caucasus, we strongly advise against all travel to Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan and to…

Mar 26th & 27th Saturday morning brought some of our June and September Kilimanjaro trekkers to the Mountain Lodge for a Fitness Assessment weekend in preparation for their adventure ahead. The weekend kicked off with a briefing on the trek -  a presentation, a gear demo & briefing and a…

Ian Delahunty successfully summitted Mount Kilimanjaro as part of our January 2011 trekking team. Everyone's journey was a wonderful achievement and for Ian, added to the joyous emotion of reaching summit was the fact that he did so in the name of Cork based charity Suicide Aware His reasons for…

RTE 2 Children's Show Elev8 (16:30-16:50) will run 10 minute features for 4 weeks, commencing Feb 14th on the Hayden boys (James, Alexander & Marcus) and their recent adventure on Mount Kilimanjaro and the training they undertook in preparation for taking on this great challenge. Nov 28th 2010, Martin and…

Some Images from Trek & Extracts from Teams Feedback 'Despite Airline strikes, we got there! 11 people set out on Jan 27th to reach the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro and 11 people made it. Guides were brilliant. Weather was brilliant. Team were brilliant craic and worked well together throughout trek.…

Image Gallery On return, Martin sent in some great shots of the boys and himself on Mount Kilimanjaro This evening they will return to Moshi for their last overnight before leaving for the airport in the morning.. All reports are of a 'healthy & happy' group and we, no doubt…

Scrambling Course Report I climbed Howling Ridge last year with Pat and Clare and really enjoyed it. Howling is regarded as one of Irelands finest climbing routes and I was itching to try it again! I booked the two day scrambling course to co-incide with my birthday on the weekend…

Day 18 - Pats quick Report Oct 18th - We are now in lukla and missed our flight today due to bad weather, fingers crossed for tomorrow. We are all wreckad but thats sometimes the way it goes to achieve the goals set out. Thanks to everyone following back home,…

skills weekend for Island Peak at Pat Falvey's Mountain Lodge in Kerry. This weekend has seen all of the Hope Foundation team do their final preparation for their Everest Challenge and their climb beyond base camp to the beautiful 20,000 foot peak of Island Peak right in the heart of…