In Talk: In My Father's Footsteps - a lifetime's obsession with Scotland's Munros

There are 282 ‘Munros’ (peaks over 3,000ft) in Scotland. In 1972, at the age of 12, I climbed my first one with my dad, who went on to bag the lot, finishing them in 1976. For me, this first summit was the start of a lifelong obsession with peak bagging and my own love affair with the Munros.
Earlier this year - 50 years on from my dad’s ‘compleation’ - I returned to the Highlands with 38 Munros left unticked on my list. I had a short window of time in which to knock them off, and a soon-to-be-replaced knee, but marking the 50th anniversary of dad’s pioneering feat gave me extra determination to get the job done. This is the story - illustrated with images and video - of how it all unfolded.
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