TICKETS:

Tickets are available online on the Mourne Mountain Rescue Team 'The Magnet North' event page:

Children / Students: £12.50 / Adults (18+): £20.00.

IMPORTANT TRAVEL NOTE:

Due to planned roadworks participants should allow additional time to travel to the presentation.

Roadworks scheduled from 06 Jan to 11 April inclusive - roadside annunciator reads:

Kilkeel Road Closed At Bryansford Road Junction - Please Follow Diversion Via Castlewellan.

WORKSHOP CONTENT & LEARNING OUTCOMES:

This is an Education Session of the MTA NI Education and Training Programme 2025 (calendar year).

The presentation will cover:

• Six Great Alpine North Faces.

• The North Ridge of Everest.

To help raise funds for the new Mourne Mountain Rescue Team base the mountaineer Dawson Stelfox will give an illustrated talk about climbing on the great Alpine North Faces and the Irish Everest Expedition of 1993 which enabled him to become the first Irish man to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

Dawson has been exploring the hills since his school days and has climbed in ranges all around the world. He was a leading light in Queens University Mountaineering Club both as a climber and an organizer, skills which were to stand him in good stead for future expeditions. In the Eighties he qualified as an Alpine Guide and during that time tackled the great North Faces of the Alps including the most famous of them all – the Eiger.

Trips to the Himalayas were to follow culminating in the Irish expedition to the North Ridge of Everest in 1993 and the successful ascent of it.

Throughout his life Dawson has also been involved in the more mundane but non the less essential work of Mountaineering Ireland in representing the interests of all hill users, adapting to changing times and protecting our hills from all manner of outside pressures.

He will be joined by his good friend Paddy Mallon who will host the evening and Jim Brown the organizer of the Mourne Mountain Marathon (and recent bard) who will recite a few poems from his Shoe Box collection! There will also be a tribute to the late Denis Rankin and the challenging Denis Rankin Round created in his memory.

The evening will start at 19.30 and there will be an interval for tea and coffee and a chance to chat.

EQUIPMENT/KIT REQUIRED:

Comfortable attire for an evening sitting in an auditorium.

CATERING/FOOD:

Tea, coffee and shortbread will be available during the interval.

WORKSHOP PROVIDER CREDENTIALS:

Refer to the narrative of the Workshop.

CANCELLATION PROCEDURE:

Not applicable as this is a Mourne Mountain Rescue Team fundraiser event.

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE EVENT:

Your CPD record - If you attend this event it counts as CPD, your 0.25 CPD point will automatically be added to your record in due course - you will not need to add it yourself.

Please allow up to 2 weeks for the Workshop provider to complete the event in the system and assign you your CPD, thank you.

Start

07/02/2025 19:30

End

07/02/2025 22:00

Total Days

0.2

Maximum Bookings

40

Bookings

5

Venue

Burrendale Hotel and Country Club, 51 Castlewellan Road

Town

Newcastle

County

Down

Postcode

BT33 0JY

Country

United Kingdom

Latitude

54.22654

Longitude

-5.89741

Name

Mountain Training Association

Phone

07516 230319

Email