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The Ultimate Guide to The Munros picks up where the others including my own leave off, with lots of nitty gritty information on alternative routes, levels of difficulty and aids to navigation, all in a very up-beat style... I look forward to seeing the rest of his fun-packed Munro series. --Cameron McNeish, The Great Outdoors This is a truly indispensable guide for the Munro-bagger. Waterstone's George Street, Edinburgh. Fabulously illustrated... Entertaining as well as informative... One of the definitive guides to the Munros. --Press & Journal WINNER of the HIGHLY COMMENDED Award for Excellence by the Outdoor Writers and Photographics Guild in November 2009. The Ultimate Guide to the Munros was described by the judges as: 'Irresistibly funny and useful; an innovatively thought-through guidebook that makes an appetising broth of its wit, experience and visual and literary tools. Brilliant.' --Outdoor Writers and Photographics Guild This is a truly indispensable guide for the Munro-bagger. Waterstone's George Street, Edinburgh. --Outdoor Writers and Photographics Guild
This is a truly indispensable guide for the Munro-bagger. Waterstone's George Street, Edinburgh. Fabulously illustrated... Entertaining as well as informative... One of the definitive guides to the Munros. --Press & Journal
WINNER of the HIGHLY COMMENDED Award for Excellence by the Outdoor Writers and Photographics Guild in November 2009. The Ultimate Guide to the Munros was described by the judges as: 'Irresistibly funny and useful; an innovatively thought-through guidebook that makes an appetising broth of its wit, experience and visual and literary tools. Brilliant. --Outdoor Writers and Photographics Guild
This is a truly indispensable guide for the Munro-bagger. Waterstone's George Street, Edinburgh. Fabulously illustrated... Entertaining as well as informative... One of the definitive guides to the Munros. --Press & Journal
WINNER of the HIGHLY COMMENDED Award for Excellence by the Outdoor Writers and Photographics Guild in November 2009. The Ultimate Guide to the Munros was described by the judges as: 'Irresistibly funny and useful; an innovatively thought-through guidebook that makes an appetising broth of its wit, experience and visual and literary tools. Brilliant. --Outdoor Writers and Photographics Guild
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'The Ultimate Guide to The Munros' is a guidebook with a difference. Rather than telling the reader which are the 'best' routes, it describes all practicable ascent routes up all the Munros, and rates them in terms of difficulty and quality (using comprehensive grading systems). This enables the reader to make his/her own choices from a range of route options. Providing everything a prospective hill walker could want, 'The Ultimate Guide to the Munros' also makes extensive use of annotated digital photographs and OS maps and includes everything about a route from the amount of effort required to local history, weather conditions and the best tea-rooms in the vicinity.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I love this book! At last someone has written a guidebook to the Scottish mountains that is FUN. All the information you could ever want is here, with bang up to date route descriptions of all kinds, from simple walks to hard scrambles. Also, unlike many guides, it doesn't confuse a scramble with something you need a rope on. The attention to detail is impressive, but what makes this particular guide special is the way it is presented.
It's in full colour and has tons of photos overlaid with the names of the mountains and other features so you don't have to check the map to work out what is what. I haven't seen this done since Poucher's old books and it really is a useful feature in a rucksack-friendly guide that you can carry. Best of all, the book `pretends' to have been written by the Go Take A Hike mountaineering club, whose members all have their bit to say about a route. For instance, Needlepoint points out any routefinding problems if cloud should fall, Chilly Willy tells you about winter route conditions. My favourite is Baffies, who is `allergic to exertion' and is a fund of knowledge about nearby tea rooms.
One drawback is that, being chock full of stuff, the book only has room to cover the Southern Highlands, but it is called Volume 1 so I assume more are on their way. Ralph Storer has written a number of guidebooks but this is by far his best one yet. Can't wait to see what Baffies makes of Glen Coe!
It's in full colour and has tons of photos overlaid with the names of the mountains and other features so you don't have to check the map to work out what is what. I haven't seen this done since Poucher's old books and it really is a useful feature in a rucksack-friendly guide that you can carry. Best of all, the book `pretends' to have been written by the Go Take A Hike mountaineering club, whose members all have their bit to say about a route. For instance, Needlepoint points out any routefinding problems if cloud should fall, Chilly Willy tells you about winter route conditions. My favourite is Baffies, who is `allergic to exertion' and is a fund of knowledge about nearby tea rooms.
One drawback is that, being chock full of stuff, the book only has room to cover the Southern Highlands, but it is called Volume 1 so I assume more are on their way. Ralph Storer has written a number of guidebooks but this is by far his best one yet. Can't wait to see what Baffies makes of Glen Coe!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Very good effort from Storer, but there is just so much detail and so many (sometimes low quality) routes and variations, frequently spread over a number of pages with multiple x-references to route numbers on small and fuzzy OS maps covered in red lines, that it can be hard to see the wood for the trees.
The binding is very low quality. These books will not last. The pages are glued in individually rather than sewn in sections like the SMC and Cicerone Munros guides. £14.99 retail should buy you better quality than this.
Expect the pages to start falling out soon. At least this means you can save weight by taking pages on the hill rather than the book.
The binding is very low quality. These books will not last. The pages are glued in individually rather than sewn in sections like the SMC and Cicerone Munros guides. £14.99 retail should buy you better quality than this.
Expect the pages to start falling out soon. At least this means you can save weight by taking pages on the hill rather than the book.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've got all books going and i'd say that this is my favourite all rounder. Some of the others will provider a better read at home by the fireside but for sticking in your pocket as a reference guide on the hills, this one just hits the spot.
I've got Ralph Storer's "100 Best Scottish Mountain Routes" and i'd agree with Weedavie in that it is an excellent read with all the info you need to plan things from home but out on the hills you gladly sacrafice this info for the OS map routes and photos with simple hill names superimposed on them (a simple idea that no one else seems to do that much?).
OK, the purists out there aren't going to like the little sub-characters in the book like "F-Shot" who tells you about the views or "Chilly Willy" who'll tell you what the winter conditions are like but I think it just adds to the whole charm of the thing.
I like to think of my self as one of the younger generation of hill walkers (just...) and though I love the hills I just find some of the other books a bit dry and bland. The ultimate guide is great, it has all the visuals you'll need for route finding under normal conditions (remembering though that you should always carry a map!), spotting other hills from the top and it makes a good guide along with some of the others for planning your trips. Most of all, it fits in your pocket which is something that many of the others won't.
Roll on the next few volumes...
Happy walking!
I've got Ralph Storer's "100 Best Scottish Mountain Routes" and i'd agree with Weedavie in that it is an excellent read with all the info you need to plan things from home but out on the hills you gladly sacrafice this info for the OS map routes and photos with simple hill names superimposed on them (a simple idea that no one else seems to do that much?).
OK, the purists out there aren't going to like the little sub-characters in the book like "F-Shot" who tells you about the views or "Chilly Willy" who'll tell you what the winter conditions are like but I think it just adds to the whole charm of the thing.
I like to think of my self as one of the younger generation of hill walkers (just...) and though I love the hills I just find some of the other books a bit dry and bland. The ultimate guide is great, it has all the visuals you'll need for route finding under normal conditions (remembering though that you should always carry a map!), spotting other hills from the top and it makes a good guide along with some of the others for planning your trips. Most of all, it fits in your pocket which is something that many of the others won't.
Roll on the next few volumes...
Happy walking!
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Superb... exceptionally readable and useful
There are, I think, two ways to look at a book which claims to cover all practicable routes up all the hills. Read more
Published 20 months ago by S. M. Saunders
Essential reading
I'm another Storer fan: it was the first edition of 100 Best Routes, a large format coffee table number way back in the 1980s, that really got me started on the hills. Read more
Published 22 months ago by rds
Another Outstanding Mountain Walking Guide from Ralph Storer
One Hundred Best Routes on Scottish Mountains by Ralph Storer is perhaps my most treasured book of all time, being packed full of useful information about the mountains in my... Read more
Published on 10 Nov 2009 by Stephen
Ambitious but flawed
Ralph Storer wrote "100 Best Scottish Mountain Routes". That book is close to perfection. Unfortunately he pretty much said it all in that book. Read more
Published on 25 Feb 2009 by Weedavie
I like it!
I agree with the above reviewer. Unlike some guidebooks I could mention, Ralph Storer writes about the mountains as though he's talking to you as a friend, with refreshing honesty,... Read more
Published on 23 Dec 2008 by MR T PONNET
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