Partial Munro bagger

Clive said:

I moved to Scotland 5 years ago and although I've an 'outdoors' person, I
never considered Munro Bagging.

However! My age being what it is (approaching 50) I would never be able to
complete all Munros, so I've decided to try the following:

Furthest N,S,E and W Munros and the highest in each county.

I know which are the N,S,E and W ones (I've already done three of them), but
can anyone point me to a site that tells me the highest Munros in each
county?

You're unlikely to get a consistent answer to the question "What is a
county?" in Scotland.

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I moved to Scotland 5 years ago and although I've an 'outdoors' person, I
never considered Munro Bagging.

However! My age being what it is (approaching 50) I would never be able to
complete all Munros, so I've decided to try the following:

Furthest N,S,E and W Munros and the highest in each county.

I know which are the N,S,E and W ones (I've already done three of them),

but

Quoted message said:

can anyone point me to a site that tells me the highest Munros in each
county?

Thanks

Clive

From a time-point-of-view you are still able to complete all the Munros ! I
know a Dutchman, over 50 years old, who will be completing the full list on
the 29st of August. It's not me but I'll be there to see him do it.

Theo

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Clive said:

I moved to Scotland 5 years ago and although I've an 'outdoors'
person, I never considered Munro Bagging.

However! My age being what it is (approaching 50) I would never be
able to complete all Munros, so I've decided to try the following:

Furthest N,S,E and W Munros and the highest in each county.

I know which are the N,S,E and W ones (I've already done three of
them), but can anyone point me to a site that tells me the highest
Munros in each county?

You're unlikely to get a consistent answer to the question "What is a
county?" in Scotland.

Well, yes. I suppose the least contentious answer is the current
unitary authority areas. But then you have Highlands as the one
containing a huge chunk of Munros. Using the Regional map won't
help much either and is probably the most boring option.
So what about the pre-1974 counties? Well, at least the Highlands
is divided into a number of counties so perhaps this is the one
to choose.

--
Adrian

Clive said:

I know which are the N,S,E and W ones (I've already done three of them), but
can anyone point me to a site that tells me the highest Munros in each
county?

I can't help with your question. But though you'll start off with
your modest aim, I predict that before too long you'll be going for
the lot after all ;-)
I've taken almost 20 years to do a little over half of them - but it's
a 10 hour round trip to get to the closest from where I live, and I
only get up to Scotland 3 or 4 times a year. You've got the advantage
of living there, so shouldn't have too much trouble completing before
you're 60 :-)

Good luck

Simon

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Clive said:

I know which are the N,S,E and W ones (I've already done three of them), but
can anyone point me to a site that tells me the highest Munros in each
county?

I can't help with your question. But though you'll start off with
your modest aim, I predict that before too long you'll be going for
the lot after all ;-)
I've taken almost 20 years to do a little over half of them - but it's
a 10 hour round trip to get to the closest from where I live, and I
only get up to Scotland 3 or 4 times a year. You've got the advantage
of living there, so shouldn't have too much trouble completing before
you're 60 :-)

Good luck

Simon

A bit of a me too comment I know. However, I am 54 and as you can see
from my sig I've only got 45 to go - and I'm confident that they will be
done within three years (if people stop totalling my car and giving me
whiplash).

When I was fifty I still had over 180 to do.

You could do it - so why fuss about with arbitrary political areas -
just get all the Munros in the British Isles and be done with.

--
Martin Richardson
239/284 Munros - 15% to go 34/34 'Furths' & 439/439 Nuttalls - 0% to go
42/89 Donalds - 53% to go 0/? Himalayans - 100% to go
442/1552 Marilyns - 72% to go

Clive said:

I moved to Scotland 5 years ago and although I've an 'outdoors' person, I
never considered Munro Bagging.

However! My age being what it is (approaching 50) I would never be able to
complete all Munros, so I've decided to try the following:

Furthest N,S,E and W Munros and the highest in each county.

I know which are the N,S,E and W ones (I've already done three of them), but
can anyone point me to a site that tells me the highest Munros in each
county?

Thanks

My friend retired at 60 and set himself to complete them all
by his 70th birthday. He only missed it by 5. I did the In Pinn for
my 60th birthday present so go for it!
Lesley
Overlooking Loch Long and Loch Goil
[email hidden]
www.alan.lesley.ukgateway.net

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Clive said:

I know which are the N,S,E and W ones (I've already done three of them), but
can anyone point me to a site that tells me the highest Munros in each
county?

The Gazetteer of Scotland should allow you to figure out the highest
Munros for each current council area quite easily using this wee tool:

http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/Statistics.html

A bit of delving in the rest of it should allow you to do it by
historical county as well.

By the way you've plenty time to do them all!

Martin Richardson said:

You could do it - so why fuss about with arbitrary political areas -
just get all the Munros in the British Isles and be done with.

But the Munros aren't limited by any political boundary- only by the
subjective tastes of one elderly knight of the realm.

Bernie

Bernie Hughes said:

But the Munros aren't limited by any political boundary- only by the
subjective tastes of one elderly knight of the realm.

No, it's all done by committee these days :-|

Simon Caldwell said:

Bernie Hughes said:

But the Munros aren't limited by any political boundary- only by the
subjective tastes of one elderly knight of the realm.

No, it's all done by committee these days :-|

Very true- an even less fortunate arrangement :-(

Bernie

Adrian Tupper said:

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Clive said:

I moved to Scotland 5 years ago and although I've an 'outdoors'
person, I never considered Munro Bagging.

However! My age being what it is (approaching 50) I would never be
able to complete all Munros, so I've decided to try the following:

Furthest N,S,E and W Munros and the highest in each county.

I know which are the N,S,E and W ones (I've already done three of
them), but can anyone point me to a site that tells me the highest
Munros in each county?

You're unlikely to get a consistent answer to the question "What is a
county?" in Scotland.

Why not? Counties are the shires, whose adminastrative functions
ceased in 1975. Then there were regions folowed by the current
gerrymandering unitaries.

The counties are still widely used and recognised in Scotland.

--
Richard Webb
http://www.sub3000.com

Clive said:

I moved to Scotland 5 years ago and although I've an 'outdoors' person, I
never considered Munro Bagging.

However! My age being what it is (approaching 50) I would never be able to
complete all Munros, so I've decided to try the following:

Furthest N,S,E and W Munros and the highest in each county.

I know which are the N,S,E and W ones (I've already done three of them), but
can anyone point me to a site that tells me the highest Munros in each
county?

Counties:

Sutherland : Ben More Assynt 998m
Ross and Cromarty : Carn Eige 1182m
Inverness-shire: Ben Nevis 1344m
Banff Ben Macdui 1305m
Aberdeenshire, also Ben MacDui
Angus : Glas Maol 1068m
Perthshire: Ben Lawers 1214m
Stirlingshire: Ben Lomond 974m
Dumbartonshire: Ben Vorlich 946m
Argyll : Bidean nan Bian 1151m

Hope I have not missed any.. Heights from memory.

Unitary councils are simpler
Just Highland - The Ben
Argyll and Bute - Beinn Laoigh
Perth and Kinross - Lawers
Stirling - Ben More
Angus - Glas Maol
Aberdeenshire MacDui

Think thats it...

Richard Webb

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Clive said:

I moved to Scotland 5 years ago and although I've an 'outdoors' person, I
never considered Munro Bagging.

However! My age being what it is (approaching 50) I would never be able

to

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Quoted message said:

complete all Munros, so I've decided to try the following:

Furthest N,S,E and W Munros and the highest in each county.

I know which are the N,S,E and W ones (I've already done three of them),

but

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

can anyone point me to a site that tells me the highest Munros in each
county?

Counties:

Sutherland : Ben More Assynt 998m
Ross and Cromarty : Carn Eige 1182m
Inverness-shire: Ben Nevis 1344m
Banff Ben Macdui 1305m
Aberdeenshire, also Ben MacDui
Angus : Glas Maol 1068m
Perthshire: Ben Lawers 1214m
Stirlingshire: Ben Lomond 974m
Dumbartonshire: Ben Vorlich 946m
Argyll : Bidean nan Bian 1151m

Hope I have not missed any.. Heights from memory.

Unitary councils are simpler
Just Highland - The Ben
Argyll and Bute - Beinn Laoigh
Perth and Kinross - Lawers
Stirling - Ben More
Angus - Glas Maol
Aberdeenshire MacDui

Think thats it...

Richard Webb

Thanks Richard - great list

Clive

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Thanks Richard - great list

Clive

Just a sad county high point bagger.

For the real pros look at
http://www.cohp.org

Richard Webb

RJ Webb said:

For the real pros look at
http://www.cohp.org

Scary. The cost of driving to hills is bad enough, never mind flying..

Bernie

Clive said:

I moved to Scotland 5 years ago and although I've an 'outdoors' person, I
never considered Munro Bagging.

However! My age being what it is (approaching 50) I would never be able to
complete all Munros, so I've decided to try the following:

Furthest N,S,E and W Munros and the highest in each county.

I know which are the N,S,E and W ones (I've already done three of them), but
can anyone point me to a site that tells me the highest Munros in each
county?

I think you are looking for a way of getting out of doing the IP :-)

Forget the counties. Bag the highest in each SMC area. Those areas
should stay the same for a while. The counties are dependant on
politics, and as they say, a week is a long time in politics.
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

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Clive said:

I moved to Scotland 5 years ago and although I've an 'outdoors'
person, I never considered Munro Bagging.

However! My age being what it is (approaching 50) I would never be
able to complete all Munros, so I've decided to try the following:

Furthest N,S,E and W Munros and the highest in each county.

I know which are the N,S,E and W ones (I've already done three of
them), but can anyone point me to a site that tells me the highest
Munros in each county?

Counties:

Sutherland : Ben More Assynt 998m
Ross and Cromarty : Carn Eige 1182m
Inverness-shire: Ben Nevis 1344m
Banff Ben Macdui 1305m
Aberdeenshire, also Ben MacDui
Angus : Glas Maol 1068m
Perthshire: Ben Lawers 1214m
Stirlingshire: Ben Lomond 974m
Dumbartonshire: Ben Vorlich 946m
Argyll : Bidean nan Bian 1151m

Hope I have not missed any.. Heights from memory.

Unitary councils are simpler
Just Highland - The Ben
Argyll and Bute - Beinn Laoigh
Perth and Kinross - Lawers
Stirling - Ben More
Angus - Glas Maol
Aberdeenshire MacDui

Think thats it...

Richard Webb

I'm not even half way through the Munros but I've done all of them!

--
Adrian

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Why not? Counties are the shires, whose adminastrative functions
ceased in 1975. Then there were regions folowed by the current
gerrymandering unitaries.

Officially yes. But I wonder if the distinction is inferred when
the word "county" is used?

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The counties are still widely used and recognised in Scotland.

Indeed. And even older divisions (e.g Wester Ross, Lochaber, Badenoch)

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Adrian

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Indeed. And even older divisions (e.g Wester Ross, Lochaber, Badenoch)

Cue terrible song by The Proclaimers.

Ian.

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