Not a Munro!
So Foinaven is officially not a Munro! After many years of debate among climbers, the Munro Society, commisioned surveyors CMCR of Larbert who used new technology to demonstrate that it falls short by 3 m of the Munro criterion of 914. 4m. (3000 ft)
Munros are the highest of Scotland’s mountains and many hill walkers and mountaineers pursue the goal of “bagging” all 284 Munros.
Two surveyors from CMCR, along with members of the Munro Society and various mountaineering clubs, took the measurements of Foinaven on 12 and 13 May. The expedition surveyed Foinaven, and its summit Ganu Mor using satellite positioning equipment.
The Munro Society was formed in 2002 and has more than 3,000 members who have climbed all of Scotland’s current Munros.
The debate about Munroes and “Munro bagging” continues on the BBC forum, but the issue provides plenty of good teaching points:
How accurate is the data on our OS maps?
How do map makers establish the height of a summit? What equipment do they use?
What’s the link between Maths and Geography in calculating heights?
Shame about this. I’ve been up Foinaven, so I was hoping for a boost to my Munro count for free
And here’s a link to a social element of Munro bagging?
http://www.justgiving.com/munrodoug