The Mountains Provide The Spiritual Nourishment So Essential To A Truer Understanding Of The Hills And, Ultimately, Ourselves.munro Bagging Is A Headily Addictive Pursuit, With The Holy-grail Of Compleation The Ultimate Aim, Currently Achieved By Around 7,000 All Began In 1891 When Sir Hugh Munros Tables Of 3,000-foot Scottish Mountains Appeared In The Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal. Since Then, This Innocent Compilation Of Hills Has Become A Hallowed Hit-list.andrew Dempster Traces The Meandering Course Of This Cult Activity, Which Has Gone From Trickle To Torrent In The Space Of A Century. From Early Map-makers To Current Record-breakers, From The Why And The Wry To Wildness And Well-being, The Munros: A History Explores The Compulsions And Philosophies Underpinning The Munro Phenomenon.