At least one Munro Top is named after a Scottish Battle, that of The Battle of Glen Shiel in 1719 in Kintail, Wester-Ross-"Sgurr nan Spainteach",( Sharp Peak of the Spaniards).Some Spaniard soldiers came to the aid of The Jacobites by sea, via the sea-loch, Loch Duich, and unfortunately some Spaniard soldiers were killed in the battle, and they were buried on the slopes of Sgurr nan Spainteach, 990 metres, 3,277ft., NG881150, one of The Five Sisters of Kintail Ridge.Dr. Johnson and Boswell passed this way in the 18th. Century, and clearly Johnson noticed "Sgur na Sgine",946m., and described it " a not inconsiderable protuberance"-it means sharp knife-like peak.
Sir Hugh Munro compiled his Munro Tables in 1891 , and The Munros are named after him .Munros are mountains that are 3000 ft or above,( 914.4 metres ). Today ,MUNROS TABLES are completely metrified, but you can easily convert them into feet by multiplying the height in metres by 3.2808.
The first man to climb all the Munros, a "Munroist", was a Scots Kirk Minister, The Rev. Archibald Eneus Robertson who finished them all in Sept.1901. Another Scottish Kirk Minister was the 151st. Munroist, my father, Murdo-Ewen, when he completed Ruadh Stac Mór and Sgurr nan Ceannachean,( with me), in 1977. I think he was the first native-Gaelic Speaker Munroist, There is some dispute about Robertson's claim in 1901.The Inaccessible Pinnacle of Sgurr Dearg was not listed as a Munro by Munro in 1891, but the cairned top of Sgurr Dearg. We know certainly now from Robertson's Notes now in the The Scottish National Library that he climbed it on June13,1905, with John Mackenzie,( of Sgurr Mhic Choinnich ). The second Munroist was yet another Minister, The Rev.A.R.G. Burn, in 1923, so Robertson was the first Munroist .An English friend of mine,Mark Kirby, was the 477th. Munroist in 1986. Twenty-three of us fully booked up The Cluanie Inn, Wester-Ross to have a weekend party ,after we climbed his last Munro, Mullach Fraoch Chire,( and A'Chralaig), with beer and champagne on the summit. I had to guide the the group in the descent to the Inn in thick mist .
Sir Hugh Munro compiled his Munro Tables in 1891 , and The Munros are named after him .Munros are mountains that are 3000 ft or above,( 914.4 metres ). Today ,MUNROS TABLES are completely metrified, but you can easily convert them into feet by multiplying the height in metres by 3.2808.
The first man to climb all the Munros, a "Munroist", was a Scots Kirk Minister, The Rev. Archibald Eneus Robertson who finished them all in Sept.1901. Another Scottish Kirk Minister was the 151st. Munroist, my father, Murdo-Ewen, when he completed Ruadh Stac Mór and Sgurr nan Ceannachean,( with me), in 1977. I think he was the first native-Gaelic Speaker Munroist, There is some dispute about Robertson's claim in 1901.The Inaccessible Pinnacle of Sgurr Dearg was not listed as a Munro by Munro in 1891, but the cairned top of Sgurr Dearg. We know certainly now from Robertson's Notes now in the The Scottish National Library that he climbed it on June13,1905, with John Mackenzie,( of Sgurr Mhic Choinnich ). The second Munroist was yet another Minister, The Rev.A.R.G. Burn, in 1923, so Robertson was the first Munroist .An English friend of mine,Mark Kirby, was the 477th. Munroist in 1986. Twenty-three of us fully booked up The Cluanie Inn, Wester-Ross to have a weekend party ,after we climbed his last Munro, Mullach Fraoch Chire,( and A'Chralaig), with beer and champagne on the summit. I had to guide the the group in the descent to the Inn in thick mist .
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