In Scotland, what name designates any mountain peak 3,000 feet and over?

A Munro is a mountain in Scotland with a height over 3,000 feet (914 m). The best known Munro is Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the British Isles.

Munros are named after Sir Hugh Munro, 4th Baronet (1856–1919), who produced the first list of such hills, known as Munro's Tables, in 1891. The publication of the original list is usually considered to be the epoch event of modern peak bagging. The list has been the subject of subsequent variation. The 2012 revision, published by the Scottish Mountaineering Club, has 282 Munros and 227 subsidiary tops.

"Munro bagging" is the activity of climbing all the listed Munros. They present challenging conditions to walkers, particularly in winter. As of 2017, more than 6,000 people had reported completing a round. The first continuous round was completed by Hamish Brown in 1974, whilst the record for the fastest continuous round is currently held by Stephen Pyke, who completed a round in just under 40 days in 2010.

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Frank Kane

I'm a Scot and have climbed about 90 of them!

Jenny Devereaux

Liz von Dohlen, yes, I thought the same, reminded me of Scarfell Pike.

ninakamwene

Lucky guess

Cari G.

filmnut, how grateful we are to you for mansplaining what we women want in equality.

vinnie

For the first time in a long time I had to use the Hints! Thank you Majority!

filmnut

Frank Kane, Makes you wonder if there’s a hidden “pun” in Marylyn Monroe’s name . . . mountains “ hills “ get it. That wasn’t her real name. Poor Joe, that girl had him going every which way. Like Frank and Eva. Women do a number on men. In this day and age it’s only the ugly ones who want to be equal. The ones who are beautiful and alluring don’t care at all. It comes down to this: We have no use for “Sports Heroes”, “Movie Stars” or Rock & Roll Celebrates. It’s Scientists, Doctors and Men & Women that go to war to protect our way of life who are the real “Heroes”. Most real “Heroes” die on the Battlefield, just ask their “Comrades in Arms”.

filmnut

You see what I mean, for Acing a test you should get a bonus “coin”. And this may not be the place, but watch out for a test that say: “ there are 27 elements in the Periodic Table . . . the are 218” and the last question is about a “ Satyr “ he says it’s part man, part goat, which in Greek is a “Fawn”. And part Horse and part Man is a Satyr. In Greek a “Centaur” has the body of a Horse and the Torso of a Man or Woman. The whole test is screwed up. Some of these people “authors” are writing under false pretenses.