About Black Ridge Mountaineering: Murt Dineen has been working in the Irish mountains for the past 8 years. He is trained as a Mountain Leader and Multi-pitch rock climbing instructor. Is an Emergency First Responder in first aid as well as holding Rescue Emergency Care level 3 in first aid. Murt has also worked for an adventure centre for a number of years before becoming a free-lance instructor.  As a free-lance instructor Murt worked with some of Ireland’s premier adventure companies. Murt has guided groups of many different sizes, age’s and abilities on many different mountains all around Ireland.  Black Ridge Mountaineering was founded by Murt Dineen in January 2010. It was founded to promote mountaineering as a fun activity that will engage and challenge participants. Also to make the mountains of Ireland accessible for those that wish to use them.  We will guide people on anything from a gentle afternoon stroll to a hanging from a cliff. Black Ridge Mountaineering are here to help you get the most from your activity    Black Ridge Mountaineering follows the ‘Leave No Trace’ Ethos as its guiding principles. Murt is an accreted ‘Leave No Trace’ instructor. Awareness courses are provide to clients that wish to avail of them. Any thing from a half hour introductory course to a day long in depth awareness course. They can be held as a stand alone course or can be incorporated into a mountaineering activity. Enquiries can be directed through email, phone call, Skype, or use of the enquiries form on the web site.  We also have a series of set festivals such as the summer and winter solstice, both equinox (Spring March 20/21, Autumn September 22/23) and Turas Oiche Shamhna. A full description with details of event location, group size, etc... is given about these events on the web site. More events may be added to this list so keeping an eye on the web site is a good idea.