Munros
This
page contains notes and news of direct interest to Munroists - keen hillwalkers
in Scotland who keep a record of the Munros they ascend. The current list of Munroists can now be accessed using our new database. One can search for names by surname or number, and even see who has a photograph attached. Background information can be found in
other pages on this site such as Hillwalking - Key Facts . Incidentally, the archaic spelling compleation is often used here, as a nod both to Izaak Walton's book 'The Compleat Angler', and a compliment to another noteworthy sport - Munro-bagging.
Those
who complete (compleat!) the Munros can record this fact and receive the magic
number by writing in to The Clerk of The List (See below). A list of current compleaters
is published annually in the SMC Journal, and also
in updated editions of Munros
Tables. To
facilitate the recording of your compleation, the relevant information found in
the Journal page is duplicated here.
Compleated
the Munros?
Notification
of compleation and any amendments to the List should be sent
in writing only, to:
David J. Broadhead
Cul Mor
Drynie Park North
Muir of Ord
Ross-shire
IV6 7RP
Enclose
a SAE to ensure a reply. Mr Broadhead, The Clerk of the List, is always interested
in how long you have taken, the first and last hills, age, and plans for the future.
In return
you will receive your Munroists number and details on the purchase of a tie, or
brooch. Additionally, an A4 SAE should ensure that you will also receive a Compleation
Certificate, suitable for framing, with your unique number, signed by the Clerk
of The List. Mr Broadhead will also be pleased to hear from anyone who has completed
the Corbetts. More details of this in the Journal.
Compleation Photos
We
also maintain a Photographic Hall of Fame. We now only accept digital copies of photographs, either from a digital camera or a scan of a physical picture. These should be submitted by email only to
compleationpic@smc.org.uk.
Files must be in jpeg (*.jpg) format and be no more than 5MB. Please remember to include your compleation: number, date, hill, and companions (if wished).
Please note that your compleation photograph should be that taken at your final summit – and as they will be resized to 500 pixels wide, don't be afraid of getting in close to the subject. Likewise, a wide, panorama style photo will shrink down alarmingly, so squeeze in your companions and hug the cairn! Have a look at the range of photographs online to see what we mean. The SMC also reserve the right to decline submitted photographs.
A
good number of photographs are on now, and can be viewed by clicking on any name
which is highlighted. Photographs from past compleaters are of course very welcome,
and will be added to our site.
As
an experienced hillwalker, you will no doubt be completely toughened by the vagaries
and hardships of Munro bagging. If you miss out your final hill photograph then
you'll just have to repeat all the Munros again - you only have one compleation
per round. It's tough at the top. (See photo below!)
Send
in your photograph, we don't mind if it's out of focus, in a pea-soup, with your
best friend's thumb covering half the lens - it's all part of your great achievement!
Munro's News
Demotion of Beinn a'Chlaidheimh (Fisherfield)
And then there were 282… Following confirmation that the Ordnance Survey has adopted the height information from last
year's independent survey of Beinn a'Chlaidheimh, The Scottish Mountaineering Club can confirm that, at 914m, the mountain
falls short of the 914.4m height required to be considered a Munro. As a result it has had its relatively short lived Munro status
rescinded. Up until 1974, following a new OS height for the mountain, Beinn a'Chlaidheimh had appeared on John Rooke Corbett's
table of Scottish hills between 2500 feet and 3000 feet. The Scottish Mountaineering Club will therefore reinstate Beinn a'Chlaidheimh
into Corbett's Tables; with the inclusion of this mountain and the other demoted Munro, Sgurr nan Ceannaichean, there are now 221 Corbetts.
The Munro's Table and Corbett's Table on the website have been updated and future publications of these Tables together with The Munros and The Corbetts books will also reflect this change.
We need hardly add that anyone who walks the mountains and hills of Scotland out of a love for their ambience, will continue to appreciate this fine mountain, regardless of the category the mountain finds its self placed.
New Columns added for other hill groups
Following requests from compleatists who have also walked the Corbetts, we have now added an extra column for this. Taking this opportunity, you will also find columns for the Grahams and Donalds. It is our intention that those Munroists who have also compleated other hill groups may have this fact noted on their Munro entry. For a brief explanation of the various hill groups, please go here.
We have added a list of the Munros - click on menu item 'Munros Table'. This allows you to sort by any of the headings in blue as well as search by Munro region. A list of the Corbetts is also available.
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