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This is a site for individuals who are looking for a piece of unique Scottish mountain art.  These original paintings are affordable to all – Gerry’s philosophy is based on the Scottish mountains being a site of natural beauty, accessible to everyone, therefore the artwork of these mountains should have similarly accessible prices for all to enjoy.

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Art work can be collected direct from the studio or posted to the customer.

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Framed artwork will be a standard frame and mount which is professionally undertaken by Fine Art Trade Guild Framers.

The Munros - Description

A Munro is a Scottish mountain with a height over 3,000 feet (914.4 metres). They are named after Sir Hugh Munro (1856–1919), who produced the first attempt at an exhaustive catalogue of such hills, known as Munro's Tables, in 1891.

Before the publication of Munro's Tables there was considerable uncertainty about the number of +3,000 ft peaks in Scotland, with estimates ranging from 30 to over 300. Sir Hugh Munro's original list, published in the Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal in September 1891, listed 538 summits over 3000 feet, of which 283 were regarded as "separate mountains"; the term Munro applies to the latter, while the lesser summits are known as tops. Munro did not set any measure of topographic prominence by which a peak qualified as a separate mountain, and much debate has since taken place over how distinct two hills must be if they are to be considered as two separate Munros.

Despite their modest height, walking and climbing in the Scottish mountains may be made treacherous by their latitude and exposure to Atlantic weather systems. Even in summer, conditions can be atrocious; thick fog, strong winds, driving rain and freezing summit temperatures are not unusual.

Winter ascents of certain Munros are widely accepted to provide among the most challenging ice climbs in Europe. Sadly, some walkers are unprepared for the often extreme weather conditions on the exposed tops and many fatalities are recorded every year, often resulting from slips on wet rock or ice.

Some hill walkers climb Munros with an eye to climbing every single one, a practice known as "Munro bagging". Having climbed all of them, a walker is entitled to be called a Munroist.
The first Munro-bagger was a priest, the Reverend A E Robertson. His ‘completion’ was finalised in September 1901, on the summit of Meall Dearg in Glencoe. Robertson was one of the founder members of the Scottish Mountaineering Club, which continues to this day.
The Scottish Mountaineering Club maintains a list of all those people who have ‘completed’ the round. One die-hard person has completed ten times, totaling over 2,800 Munros in the process!