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Pat Falvey
Veteran Mountaineer
Pat Falvey was the subject of a recent facinating Terrace Talk.
The Cork born climber lives in Beaufort a few miles from Killarney and not far from Killorglin. Pat has a very impressive summit record for mountains over 18,000ft with a total of 35 ascents to his credit in the past 10 years.

 

 

His conquests include Everest itself the subject of this Terrace Talk (from the north Tibet in 1995). Chi Oyo, the worlds sixth highest peak, climbed without supplementary oxygen in 1997,the highest peak on each of the seven continents and many more,such as the magnificent Ama Dablam.

Pat's return to Everest lately was a personal journey with many movitations. Pat Falvey's climbing feats to us mere earth people are a thinh of great wonder, to stand on top of the world must be a magnificent thing and Pats vivid almost frighting description of the final a scent will leave you simply breathless.

Note: A 33 year old Cork Woman has become the first irish Woman to Successfully climb mt. Everest. Clare O'Leary was accompanied by veteran Mountaineer Pat Falvey, who also set a record by becoming the first irishman to climb the 29035 ft mountain from both sides.




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