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Irish Climbers Reach the
Summit of Mount Everest
With a record number of people trying to reach the summit of Mount Everest
50 years after it was first scaled, two Irish climbers, Cork man Mick
Murphy and Ger McDonnell from Limerick reached the summit on May 23, six
days before the anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary’s first ascent.
The two Irish climbers overcame hurricanes and blizzards to reach the
summit. They became separated during their climb due to the adverse conditions,
but were both with Sherpas and within radio contact with each other and
base camp. Murphy was the first to reach the summit with McDonnell arriving
an hour and a half later. The colorful Limerick man, sporting a hurley
stick in his backpack, promptly puked a sliothar off the top of Everest.
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