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involved in a number of other outdoor
peak
events, including the Focus Ireland Four
peaks Challenge and the Gael Force
adventure race, as well as participating
in Hse West’s emergency Planning and
training exercises.
PERFORMANCE
Colm says he has passed on his
enthusiasm for mountaineering and rock
climbing to his son Darragh, who now
pulls him up mountain faces, and also to
his eight-year-old granddaughter Kiara, to
Colm Byrne may be due to retire from his role as Health
whom he can still teach a thing or two. Over
Promotion Offi cer with Hse West in February next year,
the years, Colm and his family and friends
have climbed in the Himalayas, the Peruvian
but that doesn’t mean he’s going to put his feet up. It
andes, the swiss alps, and most of the
does mean, however, that he will be able to devote more
main mountain ranges in europe.
time to his role as team leader of the Mayo Mountain
the onset of retirement certainly doesn’t
mean that Colm will be coming back down
rescue team (MMrt). to earth with a bang. He intends to keep
soaring to new heights and indulging his
C
olm has been a member of the first national technical rope-rigging course passion for the mountains. He says that
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Mayo team for the past 15 years in Ireland. being a member of a rescue team has
and in that time he has managed the MMrt is a voluntary organisation enriched his life immensely, and would
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numerous search operations, participated that responds to emergency callouts, encourage anyone with a passion for
in many successful rescues and, on sadder predominantly on the pilgrimage mountain mountains to consider joining their local
occasions, has been there to comfort families of Croagh Patrick. On reek sunday each Mountain rescue team.
whose loved ones have lost their lives to year, up to 20,000 people climb Croagh
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We offer: last year, Colm received a Distinguished

service award from the Irish Mountain
•
A comprehensive door-to-door logistics & transport servic
rescue association for his many years

e
of excellent service with the Mayo team.
•

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He feels this recognition was only made

possible by being a member of a great and
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committed team.
While Colm’s current position is team
•

leader, over the years his main role has
been as training Officer. Mountain rescue
training includes Wilderness emergency
•
Hazardous material disposal
Medical technician (eMt) and remote
emergency Care (reC) training, as well as
training in Mountain skills and leadership,
search Management and technical rescue.
+ Above: Colm Byrne
Colm is particularly enthusiastic about
along with his Mayo
Mountain rescue team
training, as he believes it is the activity that
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