Croagh Patrick,Ireland. Survey.
CWC was approached to use our expertise to carry out a survey to allow the stakeholders in this project to go forward and raise funds to repair Irelands iconic holy mountain.
The survey was guided using the criteria from a interim report the stakeholder committee received.
This mountain suffers extremely badly from erosion caused by the huge numbers of walkers and pilgrims who climb up every year. This is exasperated by the fact the top half is a quartzite cone with very poor and loose soils and vegetation that once disturbed washes away very easily. A great number of the hill users aren't regular walkers and often do not have appropriate foot wear for the mountain, the loose screes, combined with colossal numbers at certain times mean they often look for alternative, easier places to walk and so the scars have become extremely significant.
Our job was to survey and design a path that would combat this, meaning the path would need to be wide and extremely robust, a particular issue as the lack of materials might hamper this during the construction phase.
The survey was guided using the criteria from a interim report the stakeholder committee received.
This mountain suffers extremely badly from erosion caused by the huge numbers of walkers and pilgrims who climb up every year. This is exasperated by the fact the top half is a quartzite cone with very poor and loose soils and vegetation that once disturbed washes away very easily. A great number of the hill users aren't regular walkers and often do not have appropriate foot wear for the mountain, the loose screes, combined with colossal numbers at certain times mean they often look for alternative, easier places to walk and so the scars have become extremely significant.
Our job was to survey and design a path that would combat this, meaning the path would need to be wide and extremely robust, a particular issue as the lack of materials might hamper this during the construction phase.
