Killarney

By Michelle Crean
<h3>Temperatures weren't the only thing rising this week - as local men decided to scale Ireland's highest mountain - 1,038.6m - on Wednesday.</h3>
Carrauntoohil was the destination for Tom Hogan from Gneeveguilla, John Fitzgerald, Killarney, and Brendan Ferris from Beaufort, who have climbed eight mountains over the past two months, and said the climb to the top was all worth though as they reached the summit's black cross.
"We have climbed about eight mountains in the past two months including Brandon, Mangerton and Purple, and we set our sights on Carrauntoohil," John Fitzgerald told the Killarney Advertiser.
"Our views were severely disrupted at Brandon and Mangerton due to severe fog on about the halfway points."
On Wednesday, hopeful of great views, given the weather, the men met in the Hydro car park in Glencar at 7.30am.
"We agreed that it was going to get very hot as the day progressed - but having had the previous bad experiences of fog - we said we would at least have the views, and what views they were - absolutely fantastic - we just don't realise how good we have it here in the Kingdom."
On the final approach to Caher, the heat was getting intense, he added. "We had already crossed the Rubicon and 40 minutes later when we touched the summit's black cross it was worth it all. Mission accomplished!"&nbsp;

No easy way to the top!

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