SEMRA say it was an 'excellent outcome' for older walker missing in the South East
The walker was found wet and cold but not injured. Credit SEMRA on Facebook.
An elderly walker has been reunited with their family after the South East Mountain Rescue Association received a call that they had not returned to their car.
In a post on social media, SEMRA said they received a call from An Garda Síochána at 5:30pm on Friday to assist in the search.
With the help of the Search and Rescue Dog Association (Ireland) search dog Flame and handler Winnie, the walker was found uninjured.
“The walker was driven the short distance back to their car and anxious family, wet and cold but none the worse for wear. An excellent outcome as the light was fading on a wet evening,” wrote SEMRA.
SEMRA wrote that after getting the call, Flame and Winnie first searched the area where the walker was last seen.
The SEMRA Land Rover drove the forest tracks, and more team members gathered to extend the search.
Gardaí drove along the roads in case the walker came out by a different entrance.
But it was the second SEMRA Land Rover who spotted the walker through a gap in a hedge, and the person was reunited with their family.
SEMRA is a voluntary, non-profit organisation affiliated to the Irish Mountain Rescue Association and based in Clonmel, Co.Tipperary.
They are responsible for search & rescue in the mountains of South Eastern Ireland.
