The Munros : a history
Dempster, Andrew2021
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The mountains provide the spiritual nourishment so essential to a truer understanding of the hills and, ultimately, ourselves. Munro bagging is a headily addictive pursuit, with the holy-grail of 'compleation' the ultimate aim, currently achieved by around 7,000 Munroists. It all began in 1891 when Sir Hugh Munro's Tables of 3,000-foot Scottish mountains appeared in The Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal. Since then, this compilation of hills has become a hallowed hit-list. Andrew Dempster traces the meandering course of this cult activity, which has gone from trickle to torrent in the space of a century.
Main title:
The Munros : a history / Andrew Dempster.
Author:
Dempster, Andrew, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Luath Press, 2021.
Collation:
1 volume
ISBN:
9781910022580 (pbk)
Dewey class:
796.52209411
LC class:
GV199.44
Local class:
796.522
Language:
English
BRN:
3023494