The Munros - More or Less?
Looks like we are about to see some changes to the Munros list.
The Munro Society is holidng a press conference next week (Sept 10) and, according to very reliable sources, there will be several changes to the status of some hills. Without giving the game away, and the Munro Society works very hard on these issues so I don’t want to steal their thunder, there could be a couple of surprising changes, including one promotion that will test the resolve of many Munro-baggers.
I’m not going to tell you any more but some of you might be pleased to know that the number of Munros will be on a downward trend. And apparently the Ordnance Survey has ratified all the changes. All will be revealed next week…
September 4th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Mmm…Sgurr a’ Choire-bheithe promoted perhaps?
September 5th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
Beinn Teallach may be demoted…
September 7th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
Mmm… we’ll find out on Thursday afternoon.
September 7th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
What will be the Scottish Mountaineering Club’s opinion on this?
Are they not the ‘Guardians’ of the list through their publication of the Munros Tables (SMT)?
September 8th, 2009 at 9:41 am
Al,
As far as I know, and I could be wrong, but I believe the Munro Society has taken on the ‘list of compleaters’. At the end of the day it’s the OS who will determine the heights of mountains. In this case it looks as though the MS has hired some surveyers to do the work, as they did with Foinaven and Beinn Dearg, and the OS have ratified the heights. However, I’ll ask the question when I’m at the press conference on Thursday. It could be that with the number of people compleating the Munros these days the SMC might be glad to get rid of the responsibility.