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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Chris Baynes

Climber films walk over rickety bridge to cross Highland river

A mountain climber filmed the moment he inched along a rickety bridge to cross a river in the Scottish Highlands.

Andy O'Brien, from Glasgow, recorded the crossing at the foot of Beinn a'Chreachain while hillwalking over the weekend. The 1,081-metre peak sits to the north-west of Loch Lyon in Perthshire.

Made of two iron girders the bridge is positioned several feet above the rushing water.

Posting the footage to Facebook, he wrote: "The shady bridge crossing that I had to do twice".

Mr O'Brien added: "Too awkward to crawl. If my feet were any wider I would be close to getting them stuck. Was worse on the way back [because] I was tired."

Friends on social media "liked" his bravery, although one told him he was "off [his] rocker" for attempting the crossing.

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