| Furth | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | over 3,000 ft (914 m) |
| Prominence | no requirement[a] |
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This is a list of Furth mountains in Britain and Ireland by height. Furths are defined as mountains that meet the classification criteria to be a Scottish Munro, including being over 3,000 feet (914.4 m) in elevation, but which are furth of (i.e. "outside" of) Scotland.[1][2][3] They are also called Welsh Munros, Irish Munros,[4] and English Munros respectively, or the three-thousanders,[b] as in The Welsh 3000 challenge.
Some Furth definitions add a topographical prominence above 30 metres (98 feet), akin to a Scottish Murdo, however the official Scottish Mountaineering Club ("SMC") lists includes Furths with a prominence below this level.[a][5] Applying the Real Munro definition to a Furth, requires a prominence above 150 metres (492 feet), akin to a Marilyn, and these 14 Furths are marked with (‡) in the tables below.[6]
The SMC lists 34 Furths: six in England, 15 in Wales, and 13 on Ireland.[7] These compare with 282 Munros and 226 Munro Tops in Scotland.[8] Thirty three have the 30 metres (98 feet) in prominence to be Murdos. Fifteen have the 150 metres (492 feet) of prominence to be Real Munros: four in England, six in Wales, and five in Ireland. Ten have the 600 metres (1,969 feet) in prominence to be P600s, which being over 3,000 ft, makes them "Super-Majors": three in England, three in Wales, and four in Ireland.
Climbers who complete all Munros, and the SMC list of 34 Furths, are called Furthists; the SMC keeps a register which numbered 631 Furthists at October 2018.[9] The first Furthist is registered as James A. Parker who completed all 34 Furths on 19 April 1929 (having become a Munroist in 1927).[10] In 1986, Ashley Cooper became the first person to climb all the 3,000 ft summits in one continuous expedition, of 111 days, 2,500 km (1,600 mi), and 150 km (93 mi) of ascent.[10][11]
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- ^ The Furth at www.munromagic.com. Accessed on 4 Feb 2013.
- ^ Some Mountains, Hills and Summits of Great Britain at www.jbutler.org.uk. Accessed on 4 Feb 2013.
- ^ The Munros at where2walk.co.uk. Accessed on 4 Feb 2013.
- ^ "Ireland's Munros". Ireland's Own. 26 June 2018.
- ^ The Furths at www.hill-bagging.co.uk. Accessed on 20 Mar 2013.
- ^ "Magnificent munros: 17 Scottish mountains to bag in your lifetime". The Telegraph. 13 April 2017.
Of the 282, 200 are said to have a summit prominence of over 150 metres and are therefore known as "real monros", but that's for another day.
- ^ "Hill Lists: Furths". Scottish Mountaineering Club.
The list of peaks of 3000ft or more within the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland outside (furth) of Scotland. There are currently 34 Furths.
- ^ "Hill Lists: Munros". Scottish Mountaineering Club.
The current list contains 282 peaks. The SMC maintains the list of Munros. In recent times the list has only been altered to reflect updates to nationally recognised topographic data (i.e. data recognised and adopted by the Ordnance Survey). We record all such changes as hill news.
- ^ Clerk of the List (October 2018). "Compleators". Scottish Mountaineering Club.
The SMC hold a record of Munros, Corbetts, Grahams and Donalds compleators.
- ^ a b Simon Glover (June 2018). "Furths and Furthists". FurthSummits.
- ^ Wakely, Tim (28 November 2016). "Images from a Warming Planet: Interview with Ashley Cooper". Destinations Magazine. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
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