Fife Flyer wrote:When is this ever going to end?
The goal posts seem to be forever moving, the hills don't move or grow unless they have a stone stack (and that doesn't count) so it is about time they drew a line in the sand and let things be.
I have no plans to visit tops, am more than happy just getting out for the fresh air and exercise and setting my own goals.
Quite. The whole hill list thing is so confusing, in fact as with other things in life is becoming a case of:
A few suggestions:
For folk newly about to embark on bagging anything, wait about 20-50 years and
maybe all lists will have settled down so you'll know what you're going for and not have to revisit due to changes.
Since Corbetts already cover the higher hills on the Donalds list, and the key criteria for Donalds and Hewitts are similar, bin the Donalds list and start a new list combining Donalds and Hewitts - could be called 'Donitts' or 'Hewalds' perhaps. That would conveniently include these hills for all of the UK. If you're only interested in hills in certain countries, you could say 'I've climbed the Scottish/Welsh Donitts/Hewalds, or whatever. Paul, this would also save space in the section you have for users list tallies.
Start a completely new list drawing from all hill lists but only including the best, it could be called THE BEST. Subjective I know, but how satisfying to dump the nondescript bumps but be able to include in the one list, for example, Stac Pollaidh, The Cobbler and An Teallach. This could be prepared by country or the whole UK. A great project for walkhighlands to propose, launch and administer I think, being the best walking site on the planet, and how about that saving in space on list tallies if the rest were dumped at the same time? So compelling!
Have your own list based upon whatever criteria you choose. In fact, I am considering starting a new list called 'The Yokeheads'. It will always include all those hills I've climbed so unfortunately will be a non-static, but will always have been compleated by me.