Sir Hugh Thomas Munro (1856-1919) was born in London, but brought up in Scotland on the family estate of Lindertis near Kirriemuir. 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Kirriemuir, sometimes called Kirrie, is a burgh in Angus, Scotland. ...

He was an avid hillwalker, and was a founder member of the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1889. He is best known for the list of mountains in Scotland over 3000ft (914.4m) which he produced two years later in 1891. This list caused much surprise in mountaineering circles, as until his list was produced many thought that the number of mountains exceeding this height was around 30, rather than the nearly 300 that he listed. These mountains are now known as Munros and it is a popular hobby to attempt to climb them all. The Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) was founded in 1889, in Glasgow, Scotland. ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe, occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain. ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Aonach Eagach, a popular ridge between two munros in Glen Coe, Meall Dearg and Sgorr nam Fiannaidh A Munro is a Scottish hill with a height over 3000 feet (914. ...

Hugh Munro never completed his own list. Of his original list he failed to climb one mountain in the Cairngorms, (Carn Cloich-Mhuillin), which he was saving to be his last. At the time of his death he had produced a revised version of the list, adding Carn an Fhidhleir, which he had also yet to climb. Sir Hugh is often credited with missing out the Inaccessible Pinnacle of Sgurr Dearg, on the Isle of Skye, a peak which there is no record of his having climbed. However the "In Pinn" was not included either of the lists produced during his lifetime, (despite being several metres higher than Sgurr Dearg, which was). The first person to achieve the feat is generally regared as being the Rev. A. E. Robertson in 1901. The Cairngorms: Ben Macdhui seen from Carn aMhaim The Cairngorms refers to a mountainous region in the Eastern Scottish Highlands. ... The Inaccessible Pinnacle is the 986 m summit of Sgurr Dearg (Gaelic for Red Mountain) in the Cuillin on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. ... The Inaccessible Pinnacle is the 986 m summit of Sgurr Dearg (Gaelic for Red Mountain) in the Cuillin on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. ... The Old Man of Storr, Skye The Isle of Skye, usually known simply as Skye (An t-Eilean Sgiathanach in Scottish Gaelic) is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. ... The metre, symbol: m, is the basic unit of distance (or of length, in the parlance of the physical sciences) in the International System of Units. ... The Inaccessible Pinnacle is the 986 m summit of Sgurr Dearg (Gaelic for Red Mountain) in the Cuillin on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

In addition to his mountaineering interests, Munro was well travelled, and made trips to Europe, Asia and Africa during his lifetime.