Munro

A Munro is a Scottish hill with a height over 3000 feet (914.4 m). They are named after Sir Hugh Munro (1856–1919), who produced the first attempt at an exhaustive catalogue of such hills, known as Munro's Tables, in 1891.

Notable completions

As of 2005, more than 3,300 people have completed the Munros. The SMC have attempted to popularise the archaic spelling of compleation.

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Hugh Munro never completed his own list, missing out on Carn an Fhidhleir and Carn Cloich-mhuillin. Sir Hugh is often credited with missing out the Inaccessible Pinnacle of Sgurr Dearg, on the Isle of Skye, which he never climbed. However the "In Pinn" was not included on his list (despite being several metres higher than Sgurr Dearg, which was).

Related Topics:
Carn an Fhidhleir - Carn Cloich-mhuillin - Inaccessible Pinnacle - Sgurr Dearg - Isle of Skye - Metre

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The first compleationist (sic) is generally regarded to be the Reverend A. E. Robertson, in 1901. However some research has cast doubt on this claim, and it is not certain that he reached the summit of Ben Wyvis. If Robertson is discounted the first Munroist is Ronald Burn, who completed in 1923. Burn is also (indisputedly) the first person to climb all the subsidiary "tops".

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Hamish M. Brown did the first continuous self propelled round of the Munros (except for the Skye and Mull ferries) between April 4th and July 24th 1974 walking 1,639 miles (2,638 km), 150 km of which were on a bicycle, with 449,000 feet (137 km) of ascent. The walk is fully documented in his book "Hamish's Mountain Walk", which is often credited with kick-starting the popularity of Munro-bagging as a hobby.

Related Topics:
April 4th - July 24th - 1974 - Mile - Km

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The first person to complete a winter round (all the Munros in one winter season) was Martin Moran in 1985.

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On July 16, 2000, Charlie Campbell, a postman from Anniesland in the west end of Glasgow, scampered across the upper slopes of Ben Hope in Sutherland, clambered on to the summit cairn and so completed, in 48 days 12 hours, the fastest round of the Munros as of 2003.

Related Topics:
July 16 - 2000 - As of 2003

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Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury became the first Member of Parliament to complete the Munros when he reached the summit of Sgurr nan Coireachan on May 27, 1989.

Related Topics:
Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury - Member of Parliament - Sgurr nan Coireachan - May 27 - 1989

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