iain_atkinson_1986 wrote:Do we know how many Munros there'd be if Corbett/Graham rules were applied? I did some rough checks against the UK Hills spreadsheet and came out with 202 Munros but I'm sure my method of checking was probably flawed.
Using the DoBIH 16.2 I get, for hills 3000ft and over:
- by Corbett rules (500 feet = 152.4m): 200
- by Graham rules (150m = 492.1 feet): 203
the three being:
- Liathach - Mullach an Rathain
- An Gearanach
- Meall a' Choire Leith
If Munro had applied a rule like that there would certainly have been a lot fewer Munros. But he didn't, and as we know he never came up with a firm rule. Maybe if he'd lived longer he would have, though it looks like it took many decades before people started lobbying for rigorous rules.
BTW can I just mention that, from my reading of The Munroist's Companion, he never used, or wrote anyway, the term "sufficient separation" although the SMC web site suggests he did at
http://www.smc.org.uk/hills/:
Munro did not write down a precise definition of what he meant by "sufficient separation"
I'd be interested to know why they say he used that term.
Anyhow, it is what it is. I suspect the time for fidgeting with the Munros is pretty well over. Time to make your own list with whatever rules you fancy.