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Autobiography
I have been hill walking for over thirty years although in the early days this only involved a few trips each year to the Cairngorms or Lochnagar areas. In fact it was several years before I realised what a Munro actually was, and 1997 before I completed my first round on Ben More on the Island of Mull. Since then I have completed a further four rounds, two Corbett rounds and single rounds of the Munro Tops, Grahams, New Donalds, Old Donalds and Sub Donalds.
This has taken me to all parts of the Scottish mainland and to several of its Islands. In 2010, for a bit more variety and new challenges, I started on the list of Sub 2000 Scottish Marilyns. I have no plans to complete them all as some involve rock climbing while others are on remote and uninhabited islands. During my trips I have also climbed a few Humps. The links will take you to my trip reports for these hills and include an index system.
Also in 2010 I made my first venture south of the Scottish Border to climb the English Furths (mountains over 3000 feet) and a subsequent trip to Wales to climb several of the Welsh Furths. These links will take you to a blog which gives an account of these ascents.
The ascent of the British Hills has taken me over 9,700 hours, involved a distance in excess of 15,300 miles and a height gain of over 1,500 kilometres.
As at 5 May 2012:
| Munros - there are 283 in total - 5 rounds completed. | 1594 climbed | ||
| Munro Tops - there are 227 in total - 1 round completed | 660 climbed | ||
| Corbetts - there are 220 in total - 2 rounds completed | 490 climbed | ||
| Corbett Tops - there are 449 in total. | 254 climbed | ||
| Grahams - there are 224 in total - 1 round completed | 290 climbed | ||
| Graham Tops - there are 777 in total. | 171 climbed | ||
| New Donalds - there are 118 in total - 1 round completed | 142 climbed | ||
| Sub Donalds - there are 27 in total - 1 round completed | 30 climbed | ||
| Sub 2000 Scottish Marilyns - there are 567 in total. | 153 climbed | ||
| Humps - which aren't included above. | 11 climbed | ||
| Furths - there are 33 in total. | 16 climbed | ||
| Total - 3810 hills climbed. |
In addition to walking in Britain, in November 2001 I travelled to Sikkim in India, on a TGO trek, to climb in the foothills of Kangchenjunga. You can read my blog here:
In August 2005 I climbed Mount Blanc. Below is a link to my blog containing an account of the ascent.
I have also walked in the Bernese Oberland Region of Switzerland. Below are links to my blogs:
| Bernese Oberland 2011 |
In 2002 I created this web site, initially to promote a business I ran, but it soon expanded to include an account of my walks and, in 2005 when I entered the digital era, photographs.
Reports on my trips to the Scottish Hills are logged in the appropriate sections as shown on the left margin or if sub 2000 feet, they are listed on this page. The Mountain Index lists all the Scottish Hills I have climbed since the creation of this web site. There is also an index at the top of each section page. A link to the photographs taken on my walks can be found at the start of each trip report or viewed from the Gallery Page. In addition walks completed in the past 12 months can be accessed via Recent Walks.
You are welcome to follow my routes but you do so at your own risk. If for any reason you wish to use my photographs or have a comment to make please contact me at hilltreks(at)yahoo.co.uk (change 'at' to @). I would be interested in your observations.
Enjoy your walking.
Page last updated 13 May 2012
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