On Friday 21st March DWMRT requested assistance from DMRT  to find a missing walker who had not returned from the Black Hill area of the Wicklow hills. The request was for DMRT to be in position next day, Saturday morning.

DMRT Responders were Brian TL, Hugh 2IC, Colin, Brendan and Andrew.

The VW was loaded and left Hugh's at 6.50hrs as planned. Bravo was left in it's place. The Team reported to Rescue Command Centre in Blessington at 10.15hrs. The Team were tasked with searching Sectors 12, 13 and 14. This was Forestry in the centre of the Search grid. They were a total of 80 sectors. The team reported to Jen of DWMRT at Rescue Base and were in position at 11.00hrs

The Team searched the area in line sweeps. The going was slow and difficult due to the dense undergrowth and swampy conditions. The Team was finishing the search of sector 12 when the call came through to return to Rescue Command Centre at approx 15.00hrs. The Team had a short debrief and returned to Command Centre for the DWMRT debrief.

The body had been found on a hill near our search area not far from the path.