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The 24 hour Munro Record
The object is to climb as many Munros as possible within 24 hours by starting and finishing at the same point. Solo or unsupported attempts are permitted. As you would expect the record attempts have been based in the two areas which offer the maximum concentration of Munros - Lochaber and Glen Shiel. Unfortunately although mountains may not move Munros sometimes do and this has muddied the 24 hour record waters somewhat! When a new edition of Munro Tables was published by the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1997 the revisions affected all prior rounds. As fate would have it Sgorr an lubhair on the Mamores was demoted from Munro status thereby reducing all Lochaber rounds by one whereas Sgurr Na Carnach, one of the Five Sisters in Glen Shiel, was promoted so boosting the Munro tally of Broxap and Donnelly without them even having to step out the door! The table below gives a brief summary of the successful record attempts. Following the 1997 revisions Jon Broxap remained the record holder for some 29 years until Jim Mann broke the record by switching to 30 Munros in the Cairngorms at the suggestion of Phil Clark.
A Summary of Records and Attempts
Notes on the table
Links and Further Information
■ 30 years ago - The Story of Ramsay's Round, Jon Broxap (The Fellrunner, Autumn 2008) - a good roundup of all the 24 hour record attempts as well as the basic Ramsay Round itself.
■ The Munro Phenomenon, Andrew Dempster (Mainstream Publishing, 1995) - includes a survey of 24 hour record attempts up to 1995.
■ Beinn Fhionnlaidh's Case, Jon Broxap (The Fell Runner, September 1988) - An account of his record breaking run plus a report by his pacers
■ New Munro Record, Adrian Belton (The Fellrunner, October 1991) - an account of his 28/27 Munro record.
■ Spyke's 31 Munro Attempt - Chris Upson's Blog
■ Tranters Round - the gofar web page which includes an outline map and schedule
■ Charlie Ramsay Round - the gofar web page which includes an outline map and schedule
■ Broxap Round - the gofar web page which includes an outline map and schedule.
■ Munro Map - obtain an overview of both the Lochaber and Glen Shiel Munros by selecting a Munro from those areas.
■ Munro's 24 hour record attempt July 2017 Jim Mann (the Fellrunner, Summer 2017) - An account of Jim's record-breaking round of 30 Cairngorm Munros.
year |
runner |
area |
munros |
post 1997 |
time |
miles |
ascent |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1964 |
Philip Tranter |
Lochaber |
19 |
18 |
23-00 |
40 |
20600' |
1978 |
Charlie Ramsey |
Lochaber |
24 |
23 |
23-58 |
60 |
28000' |
1987 |
Martin Stone |
Lochaber |
26 |
25 |
23-24 |
70 |
31000' |
1988 |
Jon Broxap |
Glen Shiel-Affric |
28 |
29 |
23-20 |
78 |
35000' |
1991 |
Adrian Belton |
Lochaber |
28 |
27 |
23-57 |
75 |
34000' |
1997 |
Colin Donnelly |
Glen Shiel-Affric |
26 |
27 |
22-44 |
? |
? |
2017 |
Jim Mann |
Cairngorms |
30 |
30 |
22-05 |
87 |
25000' |