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“The Top 500 mountains in Britain and Ireland (highest) with a 500 foot drop on all sides. A challenge of a lifetime”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Barry has spent a lifetime climbing the mountains of Britain and Ireland. Not satisfied with climbing the Munros<\/a> he moved on to climb the Corbetts and the other high mountains of England, Wales and Ireland. It made complete sense to combine these in to a single list with one common characteristic. A 500 foot drop on all sides seemed a sensible marker to work from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t

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The Top 500 Summits of Britain and Ireland are listed for the first time. The highest mountain on the list is Ben Nevis in Scotland (4,411 feet) and the lowest is Knockanaffrin in Ireland (2,477 feet). There are 20 summits in England, 21 summits in Wales, 29 summits in Ireland and 430 summits in Scotland. 200 of the summits in Scotland are Munros and 222 are Corbetts, 82 Munros do not qualify as Top 500 Summits because of the 500 foot drop criteria. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mountains include 200 of the 282 Munros (some do not have a 500 foot drop on all sides), all 222 Corbetts, 8 Grahams as well as 70 mountains outside Scotland. The 70 mountains outside Scotland include 29 in Ireland, 21 in Wales and 20 in England. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He has also written and produced an excellent companion book on the ‘Top 500 Summits, A Lifetime of Hillwalking’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The book is 342 pages, hard back and with original photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n