- Hardcover: 228 pages
- Publisher: Lomond Books (May 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0947782508
- ISBN-13: 978-0947782504
- Product Dimensions: 26 x 20 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 380,271 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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49 of 50 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The only Munro book yu'll ever need,
By John Williams (Llansadwrn, Wales/Cymru) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: The Munros - Scotland's Highest Mountains (Hardcover)
In spite of making one or two slightly disparaging remarks about those of us who gang to the hielands purely for the purpose of bagging Munros, the author has put together what must surely be (for the price, at least) the ultimate Munro baggers Bible. This really is a bargain. Reduced from £10.00? The price on the dust flap reads £25.00, and that wouldn't be extortionate. But what exactly is it? It's not big and lavish enough to sit on your coffee table, but too big and lavish to stuff into your rucksack, so what do you do with it? I think this book will come into its own on those winter evenings that are too miserable to venture outside, but just right for planning your next foray or two into the hills. How such a mass of detail about all 284 Munros has been packed into such a modestly sized and modestly priced volume is nothing short of miraculous. This is a book for planning the broad strategy of your Munro campaign, not it's fine details. The small scale route maps are no substitute for large scale walking maps, though they are very clear and oriented the 'right' way, with North always towards the top of the page. (Walking books that don't follow this convention - and there are some - are so annoying!) Routes up each of the hills are described, sometimes with alternatives, with added information such as distances and estimated times of each walk, meanings and correct pronunciations of Scottish names, access points and OS maps covering the routes. There is also a list of all of the Munros with their heights and numbers, and a page each on access and mountain safety. There is inspiration as well as information in the descriptions and photographs of the mountains. The photographs are very bright and clear, though there is a preponderance of winter shots, which makes me wonder whether the author might have had his own reasons for not making the hills look too enticing to the average walker. The book is well bound, and looks as though it will stand a lot of use. If you want just one book on the Munros, one that will be useful as well as decorative, then you couldn't really go wrong with this one.
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Big Hit,
By Klemens Tatzreiter (WIEN, EUROPE Austria) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Munros - Scotland's Highest Mountains (Hardcover)
I consider this book the most valuable shopping I made in Scotland. Without the description in this book I wouldn't be able to plan my (usually two week) hollidays in Scotland from home. The Route descriptions are generally good to follow and the stated times, distances and climbed heights offer a good hint to the difficulty of the trip.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Dull and Derivative,
By Weedavie "weedavie" (Scotland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Munros: Scotland's Highest Mountains (Hardcover)
I've not given this one star because it does what it says. It tells you where all the Munros are. Otherwise it's a lazy and derivative coffee-table book. The author claims it's got an aim of getting you off the main routes but the text doesn't justify this. The silliest of these is Schiehallion where he lectures you on the mess of the baggers track but which route does he then give you? The exceptions are a couple of examples where a number of hills are grouped together to make ludicrous routes, presumably to save pages in the book. You'd need to be superfit to do his route behind Glen Shee, An Socach, Beinn Iutharn Mhor and Carn Bhac and his route grouping three of the Arrochar Alps is certainly possible but not one to recommend to the inexperienced. His maps are vague and directions not always accurate. As a generalist book the SMC's The Munro's volume 1 is far better. For interesting approaches, Storer's 100 Routes or one of the Nick Williams Pocket Books are a much more informative and fun.
You've got to be careful not to have people give you this as a Christmas present. A friend of mine neglected to warn his relations so my copy is one of his spares. I use it to get Gaelic pronunciations (and even then I check when I can).
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