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Sat 07 Jul 2007Island search for missing professional climberA search-and-rescue operation is continuing off Valentia island in Co Kerry today after an professional climber was sept out to sea by a wave.The accident occurred at about 5.15pm when 33-year-old Michael Reardon, one of the world's leading exponents of unaided climbing, fell from rocks into the sea at Dohilla, off the north side of the island.