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This is the remarkable story of the origins of Scottish mountaineering and of Hugh Thomas Munro, the man whose name has become synonymous with Scotland's highest mountains. While modern-day athletes test themselves against these timeless mountain summits, Munro's enduring list of "Mountains Exceeding 3,000 Feet in Height" has evolved into a cultural cornerstone of modern-day Scotland, building a legacy that Munro himself could never have imagined. Scottish mountaineering as we know it originated in the sciences, academia and the arts. But these hill-going pioneers came across a society in the Highland glens that had only just undergone immense upheaval with far-reaching consequences. Their journeys bridged societies, language, class and culture in pursuit of the very summits we still climb to this day.
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00:14It's an amazing lost history, but it's a remarkable thing that you did.
00:20Mountaineering in Scotland was only just beginning, and Hugh Monroe's own journey wasn't without its obstacles.
00:29Every few miles would one of Mr Wynand's centuries ask where I was going.
00:36Yes, make sure he didn't get up till he missed you.
00:39Must have all come as a rather nasty surprise to Monroe.
00:51That link with the past that you have in the mountains is amazing.
00:55You come across wee snippets of evidence that there was human life in these places that now just seem incredibly
01:05wild.
01:06It's amazing, 130 years after Hugh Monroe came up with his list, that we are still using it today as
01:14a framework for our own hill going.
01:19The freedom of getting out and using these places, I feel pretty passionate about that being a really important right.
01:26Being able to have access to the hills didn't just come easily.
01:29So the history is crucial to understanding the route to where we are now.
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