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The long awaited second installment of Andrew Dempster's indispensable guides to Scotland's hills.

Andrew Dempster has 40 years' experience of hillwalking the length and breadth of Scotland. Author of several climbing books, including the first guidebook to the Grahams, in this volume he identifies the best wee hills on the Scottish mainland.

MUNRO: at least 3,000ft high
CORBETT: 2,500-3,000ft high with a prominence of at least 500ft GRAHAM 2,000-2,499ft high with a drop of at least 150 metres
HUGH: (Hill Under Graham Height): under 2,000ft with exceptional character.

The Hughs all offer rewarding - and often stunning - climbs and views. Some are...

The mountains provide the spiritual nourishment so essential to a truer understanding of the hills and, ultimately, ourselves. Munro bagging is a headily addictive pursuit, with the holy-grail of ‘compleation’ the ultimate aim, currently achieved by around 7,000 Munroists. It all began in 1891 when Sir Hugh Munro’s Tables of 3,000-foot Scottish mountains appeared in The Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal. Since then, this innocent compilation of hills has become a hallowed hit-list. Andrew Dempster traces the meandering course of this cult activity, which has gone from trickle...

Scotland and its islands encompass over 10,000 miles of coastline that is as diverse as the country's inland scenery and similarly breathtaking. Magnificent experiences abound in this wildly varied collection of Scottish coastal walking routes.