WelcomePeaks Mountaineering Club is based in Clonmel, Co.Tipperary, Ireland. The club exists to foster a love of mountains and the mountain environment. The club was founded in 1977 and we are affiliated to Mountaineering Ireland.
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Knockmealdown Challenge walk
11th Annual Knockmealdown Crossing - Newcastle,Saturday April 7th 2018
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Some Peaks members and friends who are participating in the Mountain Skills course. Back left Greg Kenny, Course Provider, Joe McConville (Wexford), William Smyth, Fintan Cooney, Paul Carroll, John Coughlan, Matt Joy (SEMRA training officer), Dermot Ryan, Collette Mahon ( Course Provider), Michael Maunsell ( Chairperson MI Access & Conservation Committee), Josephine O Brien, Noreen McCarthy, Rebecca Dromey, Pat Beardmore, Michael Tobin (Tutor). Missing from photo is Tom O Dwyer.
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Next Sunday 25th March is the Dry Run for the Knockmealdown Crossing. Meet in Newcastle in good time for both walks. The A walk will be bussed to the start of the walk at 9.00AM and the B walk at 11.30AM.
Please note there will not be any other walks next Sunday. The Mountain Skills Group enjoyed a very interesting presentation by Michael Maunsell, chairperson of Mountaineering Irelands Access and Conservation Committee, on some of the rare flora to be found in the Comeraghs. Matt Joy, an environmental research scientist and a member of SEMRA, gave a very informative talk on the negative environmental impact the marked looped walks are having in the Nire Valley. Here linear walks are causing considerable erosion to the peatland in the Valley.
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Club Photographic Competition
The winning photos in our annual photographic competition 2017
1st :"Into the Punchbowl" by Dermot Ryan 2nd: Alpine Scene by Josephine O Brien 3rd: Reflected Alps by John Coughlan
1st :"Into the Punchbowl" by Dermot Ryan 2nd: Alpine Scene by Josephine O Brien 3rd: Reflected Alps by John Coughlan
