Talk:Munro
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I seem to remember reading (and I might even be able to find the reference!) that when Robertson did his round in 1901, the Inaccessible Pinnacle was not listed as a Munro but Sgurr Dearg was. Hence he (quite properly) did not climb and did not need to climb the Inaccessible Pinnacle. Would this also have applied to Munro himself? Thincat 12:42, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- I believe so too, and I've never been happy with the fact that he is usually credited as missing two peaks, he had climbed all but one of them by his list.Grinner 14:04, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
- Maybe he left the In Pinn off his list because he knew he couldn't climb it! Thincat 15:24, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
My understanding is that he was trying to climb all the Tops as well as the Munro summits. I think you are right, he did not climb the Inn Pinn, being defeated by bad weather I think. The hill he was leaving for last (Carn Cloch-Mhuillin), conversely, was then a summit, but is now a Top. He was leaving it for last and, being easy and local to him, he could have nipped up any time really. So it seems he could have finished the Munro summits at will but chose not to. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.171.195.59 (talk • contribs) 10:05, 3 November 2006.
- Robertson did do the In Pin, but it's believed he didn't quite reach the summit of Ben Wyvis, and so strictly speaking shouldn't be regarded as the first Munroist. [1] --Blisco 18:35, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
Does this line make sense? "walking 1,639 miles (2,638 km), 150 km of which were on a bicycle" Surely it should be either travelling 2,62km, 150km of which were on a bicycle or walking 2,638km plus 150km on a bicyle. Also unsure why the first measurement is quoted in miles with km in parenthesis while the second bit is only in km. I don't really anything about the subject so haven't fixed anything Chored 13:34, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
