A Waterford man who proposed to his girlfriend over Christmas faced a long 20,000-feet walk down one of the world's most iconic mountains and a nine-hour flight home alone if she said no.
Thankfully for Kenny Barry, Alison Devine, from Enfield in Meath, said yes after her romantic husband-to-be popped the question on the top of Mt Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa.
And while all's well that ends well, Kenny's good intentions nearly came undone.