82 years old aged woman Kerry Mountain Rescue

A woman aged 82 years old, had to be rescued from the peak of Carrantuohill after midnight.
The old aged hiker wanted to climb Ireland’s highest mountain one last time, was located safe and well about halfway down the 1,040 metres Carrantuohill by the Kerry Mountain Rescue Team.
The amazing octogenarian was reported in good spirits and even sang a song for her rescue team as they descended to safety.

Alarm had been raised when she and a 16-year-old family friend went missing. They were part of a larger family climbing party that had climbed up the difficult Devil’s Ladder route but decided to descent a different side of the mountain.
“By the time we got to them, they had spent well over 12 hours on the mountain at that stage, she was chatting away and was even able to gives us a blast of a song when we were walking down. It was her third time climbing Carrantuohill – the last time was 13 years ago. But she wanted to do it one more time.”
said Kerry Mountain Rescue Team spokesman Brendan Coffey.
“If I can do that when I’m 82, I’ll be one happy man,” aded Mr Coffey
The Kerry Mountain Rescue Team is one of the busiest in Ireland and receives most of their annual callouts during the summer. Many seasoned hikers and tourists are drawn to the McGillycuddy Reeks mountain range, where Carrantuohill is located.

Staying on the subject of age, it has been reported by the central statistics office that Irish men are getting healthier and living almost as long as women.
Key findings of the Ageing in Ireland 2007 report
Ireland also has the lowest number of pensioners in the EU as a share of population
The male death rate is now 51 per 1,000 compared with 44 per 1,000 for women.
The average life expectancy of men over 65 years increased by 1.6 years between 1995-2003 compared with 1.3 years for women.
“There has been a marked narrowing of the gap between the death rates for pensioners with the male rate coming more into line with the female rate,” said a CSO spokesman.

The Ageing in Ireland 2007 also reports that
11% of the population or 467,900 persons were aged 65 years and over in 2006 compared to the EU average of 17%.
The number of pensioners in Ireland has increased by 54,000 in the last decade.
In 2005, around 20% of people aged 65 and over were at risk of poverty, which was substantially lower than the 2004 rate of 27%. This decrease was due mainly to an increase in the old age pension in 2005.
The report showed that older people are not as well educated as younger people.
“Primary or no formal education was the highest level of education attained for 48% of persons aged 65 and over in 2006. In contrast only 13% of the 25-64 age group had not progressed beyond this educational attainment level,” the CSO spokesman added.
More than 23% of Irish male pensioners involved in voluntary work gave time to a sporting organisation while the corresponding rate for Irish women was only 8%.
In 2006, 30% of persons aged 65 and over said they had a disability compared to 9% of all persons.
The proportion of people with a disability increased with age, rising rapidly from 19% for the 65-69 age group to 59% for the 85 and over age group.
A total of 14% of male pensioners in Ireland had jobs – double the 7% EU employment rate for the same age bracket. The difference for women was less marked with 4% compared to EU rate of 3%.
In 2006, 49% of men aged 65 and over who were employed were engaged in the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector compared to 13% of women.
In contrast female pensioners employed in the health sector was 23% compared to only 2% of men.
In the May 2002 general election, 86% of persons aged 65 and over voted.
The main reason why pensioners did not vote was due to illness or disability, the Ageing in Ireland report said.

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