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Chrissie O'Meara in action
An 83 year old great grandmother from Tipperary has proven that age is just a number after abseiling down a 100ft cliff in Co. Clare on Sunday.
Thurles adventurer and rock climber Chrissie O'Meara has set records once again after abseiling down the Mirror Wall cliff, near the Cliffs of Moher, on Sunday last and in doing so raised a formidable €1,500 for cancer support centre Suir Haven.
83 years young, great grandmother, Chrissie O’Meara, #Thurles abseiled down d Clare coastal cliffs last Sat 2 fundraise for #suirhaven pic.twitter.com/VC1d7vTedZ
— John G O'Dwyer (@Johngodwyer1) October 30, 2017
No stranger to setting records, Chrissie, together with her great-grandson Josh Hackett become the first known great-grandmother/great-grandson team to climb Mount Brandon in Co. Kerry in 2015.
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