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Glossary
BRIDGE: George Bridge published a list in 1973 of all the hills in England & Wales over 2,000 ft, devising a formula based on height & distance from next hill to determine what qualified as a hill. I haven't been able to find a web-based list, but his book is listed (but not available) here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0901516686/qid=1109161295/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_0_4/026-2122879-3737219 BUXTON & LEWIS: Published a list in 1986 of the English and Welsh Hills over 2000ft high with a drop of 10 metres. I haven't been able to find a web-based list, but the book is listed here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0951172301/qid%3D1109161938/026-2122879-3737219 CORBETTS: A Scottish hill between 2,500 and 2,999 feet high with a drop of at least 500 foot all around. The term was coined by John Corbett in the 1930's. There are currently 219 Corbett's, listed here: http://www.jimwillsher.co.uk/Site/Hills/Corbetts/Corbetts_Table.php CROCKER & JACKSON: Chris Crocker and Graham Jackson have compiled a magnificent "List of Lists" which includes most of the other hillbagging lists. As it includes the MARILYNS, no-one will have completed it yet, but their full stupendous list can be found at http://www.biber.fsnet.co.uk/downloads.html DONALDS: A list created by Percy Donald showing all the hills in southern Scotland over 2,000 feet high. He never specified what he considered to be "southern" Scotland, nor what constitued a hill, but there were 89 of them, listed here: http://www.jimwillsher.co.uk/Site/Hills/Donalds/Donalds_Table.php. Alan Dawson has subsequently updated them into the NEW DONALDS. ELSIES: Short for LESSER CORBETTS (ie LC's) GRAHAMS: A Scottish hill between 2,000 feet and 2,499 feet high with a drop of at least 150 metres on all sides. The list was first published by Alan Dawson, but named for the late Fiona Torbet (née Graham) who was compiling a similar list of her own. There are 224 of them, listed here: http://bubl.ac.uk/org/tacit/tables/grand/ GROMBATS: A family term for food leftovers. As we're hungry hikers, it doesn't get used very often. HEWITTS: Hills of England, Wales and Ireland over Two Thousand feet high (with a drop of at least thirty metres on all sides). There's 526 of them, and the English and Welsh ones are shown here: http://bubl.ac.uk/org/tacit/tables/. Alan Dawson has not published the Irish ones online, but you can send off for a leaflet from the same site. The Hewitts have replaced the old SWEATs. HONEYPOT: A very popular place (usually a hill) often frequented by the TRAINER BRIGADE. Prime examples are Leith Hill and Worcestershire Beacon. LESSER CORBETTS: The former name for GRAHAMS MARILYN: The king of all hill lists, containing more hills and tougher hills than any other list yet. Created by the prolific list-writer Alan Dawson, a Marilyn is simply any hill in Great Britain (including the offshore islands) with a drop of at least 150 metres on all sides. There are a huge number of Marilyns - at the last count, Alan was listing 1552 (his original list is here: http://bubl.ac.uk/org/tacit/marilyns/index.html#Contents). It's probably the only hill list that has never been completed - mainly because it includes virtually inaccessible offshore sea stacks. Succesful marilyn baggers aim for inclusion in the Marilyn Hall of Fame (people who have climbed over 600 Marilyns). At the time of writing, the hall of fame contained 117 people, with the leading Marilyn baggers have achieved a staggering 1547. You can get hints & tips & the latest Marilyn news at http://www.staclee.freeserve.co.uk/ MUNRO: The original, and to this day most popular hillbagging list. A Munro is a Scottish hill over 3,000 feet high. The list was originally compiled by Sir Hugh Munro as long ago as 1891, but has since been regularly revised and updated. There are currently 284 Munros, with well over 3,000 people recorded as completing them. There are dozens of websites dedicated to Marilyn bagging, this one looks quite helpful: http://www.jimwillsher.co.uk/Site/Hills/Munros/Munros_Table.php. The Scottish Mountaineering Club (http://www.smc.org.uk/munros/munros.htm) also has regular updates. MURDO: A Scottish hill over 3,000 feet high with a drop of at least 30 metres on all sides. The term was devised by Alan Dawson as an alternative to the Munro list. There are 444 of them, listed here: http://bubl.ac.uk/org/tacit/tables/murdos/ NAISMITH'S RULE: A way to estimate the distance a reasonably fit walker will be able to cover in a given time. Apparently you should be able to walk 3 miles in one hour (fitter than us then!) but should add on 3 minutes for every 100 feet of ascent. A modern metricated version (which is slightly easier on the legs) states one hour for 4.5km plus one minute for ten metres of ascent. If you're using this to plan a day long walk, you might want to allow time for breaks...! NEW DONALD: Yet another Alan Dawson list. He's a busy chappy. This is Alan's attempt to update the old list of DONALDS using modern maps and a more rigorous qualification procedure. A New Donald is therefore a Scottish hill lying south of the Highland boundary fault which is over 2,000 feet high and has a drop of at least 30 metres on all sides. The full list of 118 New Donalds can be found here: http://bubl.ac.uk/org/tacit/tables/grand/. NUTTALLS: John and Anne Nuttall have compiled one of the better known non-Scottish hill lists, listing all 252 hills of England and Wales over 2,000 feet high with a drop of 15 metres on all sides. 110 people have completed the list so far. The full list can be found at http://www.nuttalls.com/, along with a lot of other useful Nuttall resources. Their books are available in bookshops, and are jolly helpful with maps and ascent notes for all of the Nuttalls. SPROGGIT: A family term for an errant tuft of hair, usually found sprouting atop our dad's head in the morning. Sproggits are a common walkers malaise, especially on windy days. SWEAT: A Summit of Wales and England above Two thousand feet high (with a drop of at least 30 metres on all sides). A superbly appropriate acronym coined by (you guessed it) Alan Dawson, the full list of 319 hills is available here: http://bubl.ac.uk/org/tacit/marilyns/chapter5.htm. These have subsequently been expanded to include Irish hills and renamed HEWITTS. TRAINER BRIGADE: People who go for very short walks in inappropriate
attire, and moan about the distance and how much their feet hurt, then
come home thinking they've had a big adventure. A prime example would
be a woman wearing white stilettoes walking from Lulworth Cove to Durdle
Door. The Trainer Brigade are often found at HONEYPOTS, and are characterised
by a startling lack of repsect for other walkers, the Countryside Code
and the environment.
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