al78 wrote:Depends on what you mean by "major distinction", maybe not in moutaineering circles compared to doing the seven summits, but I would say it is a significant achievement. You need to learn plenty of skills, know how to deal with ferocious weather (e.g. when it is right to press on or retreat), be very fit, and have good mental strength. All valuable transferrable skills to life in general.
It’s a personal achievement, it maybe significant for the individual, but not significant. Most UK towns now have several people that have climbed classic North Faces in winter (some as w/e hits from the UK), or people operating at a high standard on remote Scottish mixed, fell runners whom have done multiple classic rounds, people working their way through the 7 summits as retirement or holiday objectives, multiple folks with lots of Alpine 4000ers under their belts. Munro bagging is going for a walk up a hill, and many scottish based walkers will complete within around a decade without dedicating themselves task just by going out once a month or so, or over a longer period by intermittently getting out, that doesn’t mean to say it’s not worthwhile.
There are people whom have done all their munros without reading the map once or taking a single compass bearing, simply by joining social media organised walking parties…..I kid you not!
To add to the tally I have done a number of Munro rounds (consecutive rather than concurrent) and registered none of them.
