Bagged

[censored]! What an achievement! It sounds as though they've completed
an Everest ascent:-0

JS

There are no rules re Munro bagging or even Corbett bagging. Some
touch the summit cairn or trig points, others just walk over the tops.

In my opinion it is down to each individual.

There are some who wont count it unless they get a view from the
summit.

Lindsay
www.caledoniahilltreks.com

Lindsay said:

There are some who wont count it unless they get a view from the
summit.

D@mmit!! That brings my total back to about 3!!

--
Dave McLaughlin

[censored] Sapiens Non Urinat In Ventum

Dave McLaughlin said:

Lindsay wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

There are some who wont count it unless they get a view from the
summit.

Quoted message said:

D@mmit!! That brings my total back to about 3!!

I'm doing it the other way around - I only count the ones where visibility
was so poor that I don't know if it was the summit or not 🙂

Roos

Roos Eisma said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

There are some who wont count it unless they get a view from the
summit.

Quoted message said:

D@mmit!! That brings my total back to about 3!!

I'm doing it the other way around - I only count the ones where visibility
was so poor that I don't know if it was the summit or not 🙂

I count the ones where I wave to someone at the top (while I'm about
half way down).

Judith

In message <[email hidden]>, Judith
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

I count the ones where I wave to someone at the top (while I'm about
half way down).

Judith

I've counted ones where I've used the ski lift for most of the ascent. I
reckon it balances out the ones where I've spent hours slogging up scree
and loose stone and sliding back one step for every two I walk.

Current Munro total incidentally is probably in low double figures (I
don't keep a record as such). Chances of finishing them all in this
lifetime - as close to zero as makes no difference.

Regards,
--
Neil Pugh

Boulders on the In-pin. I had often wondered about them, but on close
inspection it is easy to get level or above them.

Richard Webb

Richard Webb said:

Boulders on the In-pin. I had often wondered about them, but on close
inspection it is easy to get level or above them.

I think some are put off by the "optical illusion" that the Westernmost
boulder is the highest.

druidh

"Ian Dainty" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

However, as he didn't actually stand atop those boulders that sit on the
summit of the Inn Pin, can he really claim to have completed the Munro
round?? I'm not trying to stir up trouble, merely invite debate!

You rotten borough! Didn't he go back and do it again just for fun?

Graham

In message <[email hidden]>, Graham Seed
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

"Ian Dainty" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

However, as he didn't actually stand atop those boulders that sit on the
summit of the Inn Pin, can he really claim to have completed the Munro
round?? I'm not trying to stir up trouble, merely invite debate!

You rotten borough! Didn't he go back and do it again just for fun?

Graham

Yes - I have been up the In Pin twice and I think as long as your head
is above the summit you have done it - so there, Mr Dainty.
--
Martin Richardson
520/1554 Marilyns - 67% to go 60/89 Donalds - 33% to go
61/211 Irish Hewitts - 71% to go 20/220 Corbetts - 91% to go

Quoted message said:

Yes - I have been up the In Pin twice and I think as long as your head
is above the summit you have done it - so there, Mr Dainty.

Your round - your rules..... Noone else can dictate how you enjoy
your hills.

Richard Webb

Martin Richardson said:

Yes - I have been up the In Pin twice and I think as long as your head
is above the summit you have done it - so there, Mr Dainty.

Oh, I've climbed Snowdon, so does that mean I've bagged all the summits in
Wales?

In fact, I've been up in an aeroplane too, so can I claim Everest as well?

IMO there's not much point having your head above the summit if you're at
different x,y coordinates, but I suppose if you're close enough it might
count. Am not familiar with the situation you're talking about so I can't
comment on that, but I certainly wouldn't claim Corn Du on the basis of
standing on top of Pen y Fan.

Paul

Paul Saunders said:

Martin Richardson said:

Yes - I have been up the In Pin twice and I think as long as your head
is above the summit you have done it - so there, Mr Dainty.

Oh, I've climbed Snowdon, so does that mean I've bagged all the summits in
Wales?

In fact, I've been up in an aeroplane too, so can I claim Everest as well?

IMO there's not much point having your head above the summit if you're at
different x,y coordinates, but I suppose if you're close enough it might
count. Am not familiar with the situation you're talking about so I can't
comment on that, but I certainly wouldn't claim Corn Du on the basis of
standing on top of Pen y Fan.

Sometimes Paul, I wish you would "do a Saunders" again. :-\

Here, have a smiley >:-)
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

Phil Cook said:

Here, have a smiley >:-)

Why thank you Phil. Have two back :-) :-)

Paul

In message <[email hidden]>, Paul Saunders
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Martin Richardson said:

Yes - I have been up the In Pin twice and I think as long as your head
is above the summit you have done it - so there, Mr Dainty.

Oh, I've climbed Snowdon, so does that mean I've bagged all the summits in
Wales?

In fact, I've been up in an aeroplane too, so can I claim Everest as well?

IMO there's not much point having your head above the summit if you're at
different x,y coordinates, but I suppose if you're close enough it might
count. Am not familiar with the situation you're talking about so I can't
comment on that, but I certainly wouldn't claim Corn Du on the basis of
standing on top of Pen y Fan.

I believe SOTA have a rule of 25 metres from the top - which is too far
away for my round my rules as Richard said. On very pointy tops, iIf I
can touch the top with my hand and my head is above the summit, that'll
do me - and I suspect most others. On flat (or tussocky) tops where it
is difficult to be sure exactly where the top is I am satisfied by
criss-crossing a couple of times that I have done it. After all, in most
cases, the accomplishment is gaining the other 2999+ feet.

--
Martin Richardson
520/1554 Marilyns - 67% to go 60/89 Donalds - 33% to go
61/211 Irish Hewitts - 71% to go 20/220 Corbetts - 91% to go

Martin Richardson said:

I believe SOTA have a rule of 25 metres from the top - which is too
far away for my round my rules as Richard said. On very pointy tops,
iIf I can touch the top with my hand and my head is above the summit,
that'll do me - and I suspect most others. On flat (or tussocky)
tops where it is difficult to be sure exactly where the top is I am
satisfied by criss-crossing a couple of times that I have done it.
After all, in most cases, the accomplishment is gaining the other
2999+ feet.

I agree. In the past I often had a sense of "being on the top" even if I
wasn't standing on the exact high point - there's a certain "zone" that
"feels" like "the top", which varies depending on shape.

I think that tick lists and grid refs, and especially GPS has tended to make
baggers somewhat obsessive about where the exact top actually is, but as you
say, most of the accomplishment is in getting to the top, so what difference
does a few metres here or there make? If you feel that you've reached "the
top" then that's probably good enough.

Anyway, congrats again. Is there any list you haven't completed yet?

Paul

In message <[email hidden]>, Paul Saunders
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Is there any list you haven't completed yet?

Paul

The answer is in the sig!

--
Martin Richardson
520/1554 Marilyns - 67% to go 60/89 Donalds - 33% to go
61/211 Irish Hewitts - 71% to go 20/220 Corbetts - 91% to go