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Outdoor Activities => Other => Topic started by: admin on June 19, 2009
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A helicopter from Dublin is being sent to help search for a man missing in the Mourne Mountains in County Down.
The man, 22, was staying at a caravan park near Carlingford Lough and failed to return on Thursday night. He was last seen in the Bloody Bridge area.
Ed Kilgore, from the Mourne Mountain Rescue Teams, said police and the Coastguard were also involved in the search effort.
"He had been out with a group of friends and got separated," he said.
"We called in the team and started a search of the forest and the mountain area where he had been last seen and worked through to about 0530 BST this morning and the Coastguard arrived to start doing a search along the beach."
The missing man is described as being 6ft 3ins tall, of strong build with brown curly hair and blue eyes.
When last seen he was wearing a black and white rugby shirt.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8108568.stm
A search is under way for a man who is missing in the Mourne Mountains in Co Down.
The alarm was raised late last night when the 22-year-old man, who was out walking with a group of friends, went missing.
He was last seen in the Bloody Bridge area between Annalong and Newcastle.
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He was staying at a Caravan Park near Carlingford Lough.
A team from Mountain Rescue spent the night searching the area for him and the Coastguard was called in at 5.30am this morning.
It is understood that Coastguard services from Dublin are helping in the search.
The missing man is believed to be from Belfast.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0619/rescue.html
A search is continuing this morning for a 22-year-old man who went missing in the Mourne Mountains last night.
The alarm was raised at 9:15pm when the man failed to come home after walking in the mountains in Co Down.
The coastguard, police and a helicopter have been combing a large area near the Bloody Bridge, close to Annalong.
The man is described as being 1.90m (6ft 3in) in height of strong build with brown curly hair and blue eyes. When last seen he was wearing a red and white rugby top.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the PSNI.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0619/breaking14.htm
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Hope this guy's okay - the weather's not been so bad but it doesn't sound like he was overly prepared.
Probably doesn 't help that the BBC and Irishnews report different colours for the clothes he was wearing!