By: Blonde One
Sir Hugo Munro decided in 1891 to write a list of all of the mountains over 3000ft in Scotland. These are known as Munros and there are 282 of them. I had never climbed one before (mainly because I’ve never been to Scotland before!) until now. I am very proud to be able to say ‘I am a Munroist’.
Along with 2 friends, Big D and The Welshman, we climbed up Beinn a Chochuill. It stands at 980 meters and it was majestically covered in snow. It was tough going (not least because I’d only got 2 hours sleep) and it took a while, but my goodness it was worth it.
The view across the valleys and mountains to Ben Nevis was amazing, even though the very top of Ben Nevis was covered in cloud.
It’s a full time hobby ‘bagging’ Munros so I don’t think I’ll be joining in any time soon but I do hope to be able to bag a few more. I think a Two Blondes Munro expedition is in order!
Well done. Now you will have to start discriminating between Beinn, and Ben and get your head round all the other difficult spellings. I thought I would never do them all, but then sort of noticed that I’d done more than a hundred, and then the game was on. It’s easy to catch the bug. That peak along with its neighbour Beinn Eunacich was one of my last 18, climbed on 25th April 2009. Marvellous views of Ben Cruachan I remember.
The views were stunning. Unfortunately the top of Ben Nevis was in cloud.
I’ve just noticed you referred to Sir “Hugo” Munro. His name was Hugh, which coincidentally is also my middle name, hence the origination of my blogonym, “Sir Hugh”, in acknowledgement of me having completed the Munros. I notice my real name appears on comments on your blog and I’m not sure why, but no matter. I think it is because you are on WordPress and I am on Blogger.