RTE star Ryan Tubridy has revealed that climbing Carrauntoohil and driving straight back to Dublin gave him the best sleep of his life.
The Late Late Show host had a two-week break where he visited Co Galway, west Cork and scaled Ireland's highest mountain.
He told listeners about the climb in Co Kerry on his RTE Radio One programme on Monday morning, saying: "It was an extraordinary experience and the reaction I got from most people was 'What, you did it? Then anyone can do it'.
"Then I came back down and drove to Dublin in an act of adrenaline-fuelled madness.
"I got home at about 8.45pm, I had a cup of tea and biscuit and then I had the best night's sleep since I was born.
"It was such a good sleep that I would nearly go back up the mountain and come down again just to have that sleep again, it was that good."
Tubridy added that he really needed a rest after a hectic few months of work.
He said: "I am well-rested, I really needed a break and there are a lot of people listening today who feel the same way. If you are in a position to take a little time out, just take it.
"I missed our little trips down the Wild Atlantic Way so much that I did my own bespoke version of it.
"I headed up and down the west coast of Ireland, some of the places I revisited and I met some people that I had met along the way on the show. I took in West Cork and the Connemara coast."
Tubs posted pictures from his hike up Carrauntoohil on Instagram with the caption: “I promised I’d climb it last week. So I thought about it, and thanks to my new friends, Madi and her dad, Maurice, we made it!
“A beautiful, intense, unique experience. If I can do it.
"It was a cold, wet and misty climb up Carrauntoohil but thanks to the loveliest people I could have met, Madi and her Dad, Maurice (and fruit and chocolate), we got there.
“Trip of a lifetime. Once should do the trick!”
