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Comedian Ed Byrne helps injured walker in Cairngorms | Comedian Ed Byrne helps injured walker in Cairngorms |
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Comedian Ed Byrne has helped an injured hillwalker in the Cairngorms. | Comedian Ed Byrne has helped an injured hillwalker in the Cairngorms. |
Byrne was at the end of a two-day walking trip with adventure and outdoor writer Phoebe Smith when they came across Josh Bratchley on Tuesday. | Byrne was at the end of a two-day walking trip with adventure and outdoor writer Phoebe Smith when they came across Josh Bratchley on Tuesday. |
Mr Bratchley twisted a knee when his right leg went through a snow drift on his way to the remote Corrour Bothy. | Mr Bratchley twisted a knee when his right leg went through a snow drift on his way to the remote Corrour Bothy. |
Byrne and Ms Smith accompanied him to another bothy. Mr Bratchley, an experienced mountaineer, said he was grateful for the pair's help. | |
Irish stand-up comedian Byrne and Ms Smith, author of The Book of the Bothy, were in the Cairngorms for an article Byrne is writing for a forthcoming issue of The Great Outdoors Magazine. | Irish stand-up comedian Byrne and Ms Smith, author of The Book of the Bothy, were in the Cairngorms for an article Byrne is writing for a forthcoming issue of The Great Outdoors Magazine. |
Snow drift | Snow drift |
After the trip, Byrne, whose TV work includes appearances on Mock the Week and Have I Got News For You, tweeted: "Awesome couple of days in Cairngorms. Knocked off three Munros from Corrour Bothy and even helped an injured walker get to safety. Feeling smug." | After the trip, Byrne, whose TV work includes appearances on Mock the Week and Have I Got News For You, tweeted: "Awesome couple of days in Cairngorms. Knocked off three Munros from Corrour Bothy and even helped an injured walker get to safety. Feeling smug." |
Byrne, a long-time hillwalker who bagged his 80th Munro on his walk in the Cairngorms, told BBC Scotland News: "It's not a tale of derring-do and hanging off the end of ropes. | Byrne, a long-time hillwalker who bagged his 80th Munro on his walk in the Cairngorms, told BBC Scotland News: "It's not a tale of derring-do and hanging off the end of ropes. |
"I helped Josh by carrying his rucksack which, to be fair to him, was heavy with the amount of provisions he was carrying for his own trip. | "I helped Josh by carrying his rucksack which, to be fair to him, was heavy with the amount of provisions he was carrying for his own trip. |
"I gave him my lighter sack." | "I gave him my lighter sack." |
Mr Bratchley was carrying enough wood and coal for an overnight stay at Corrour Bothy, and to leave behind for others who would be using the shelter after him. | Mr Bratchley was carrying enough wood and coal for an overnight stay at Corrour Bothy, and to leave behind for others who would be using the shelter after him. |
He said: "My foot went through the hard surface of a snow drift and into the soft snow below and my leg got stuck. Because of the rucksack I lost my balance." | He said: "My foot went through the hard surface of a snow drift and into the soft snow below and my leg got stuck. Because of the rucksack I lost my balance." |
Byrne and Ms Smith, who were passing, asked if he was "okay". | Byrne and Ms Smith, who were passing, asked if he was "okay". |
At first, Mr Bratchley had felt little pain and thought he could carry on to Corrour Bothy, which was a shorter trek than one back to where his car was parked and where he could safely rest before deciding on whether he could walk further. | At first, Mr Bratchley had felt little pain and thought he could carry on to Corrour Bothy, which was a shorter trek than one back to where his car was parked and where he could safely rest before deciding on whether he could walk further. |
However, his leg became more painful and he decided to catch up with the pair for some company off the hill. | However, his leg became more painful and he decided to catch up with the pair for some company off the hill. |
Damaged ligaments | Damaged ligaments |
He said: "I was hoping the conversation would take my mind off my sore knee. Ed swapped his rucksack for mine. | He said: "I was hoping the conversation would take my mind off my sore knee. Ed swapped his rucksack for mine. |
"When I first spoke to Ed I didn't notice who he was. | "When I first spoke to Ed I didn't notice who he was. |
"But after I caught up with him the second time and they had introduced themselves I said to him that he looked familiar and I asked if we had met before in Scotland, or in the Welsh hills where I do a lot of walking. | "But after I caught up with him the second time and they had introduced themselves I said to him that he looked familiar and I asked if we had met before in Scotland, or in the Welsh hills where I do a lot of walking. |
"He then told me I might have seen him on TV and it was after that it clicked who he was." | "He then told me I might have seen him on TV and it was after that it clicked who he was." |
After resting up for a night at Bob Scott's Memorial Bothy, Mr Bratchley was able to get back to his car and home. | After resting up for a night at Bob Scott's Memorial Bothy, Mr Bratchley was able to get back to his car and home. |
Following his mishap, doctors have told him he has damaged ligaments and cartilage. | Following his mishap, doctors have told him he has damaged ligaments and cartilage. |
Hillwalkers looking after one another was praised by a mountain rescue team in a separate incident earlier this month. | Hillwalkers looking after one another was praised by a mountain rescue team in a separate incident earlier this month. |
Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team congratulated two young mountaineers who saved the life of a hypothermic walker. | Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team congratulated two young mountaineers who saved the life of a hypothermic walker. |
The pair realised the man, who was walking alone, was in difficulty about two kilometres from the summit of Ben Macdui in the Cairngorms. | The pair realised the man, who was walking alone, was in difficulty about two kilometres from the summit of Ben Macdui in the Cairngorms. |
Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team said they had "virtually carried him for two or three kilometres". | Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team said they had "virtually carried him for two or three kilometres". |
Mountain rescuers were then flown in by helicopter to help and the casualty was given medical treatment. | Mountain rescuers were then flown in by helicopter to help and the casualty was given medical treatment. |