 Do I hear the sound of yet another Munro book from the SMC hitting the shelves? Surely the only valid list is the original. All others are someone else's version of Sir Hugh's.
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 The problem with sticking to the original list is that Munro himself had almost finished a first revision when he died. As he gave 3,000 feet as the defining point for inclusion in the list (whether as a separate mountain or subsidiary top is another matter) then I think that when a summit is found to be below that height it should be removed. I guess the SMC and other Munro guide publishers will eventually revise their books but none of them instigated this survey. The Munro Society doesn`t publish anything.
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 The things is with this conspiracy theory of people making money from these changes is that no one is going to throw away their old book just because one mountain comes off the list. I have Cameron's book on the Munros and a few of the SMC guides and I won't change them just because of it. The people who are going to buy the new books and lists would have done so anyway wether or not it had been updated so whats the harm in them updating it, they will buy the book because they need it and its there to be bought not because of what edition it is. You could say people are more likely to look for the newer book, but given the choice the majority of people buy which ever is most conveniently available to them and we should be thankful they are regularly revised and up to date as its no easy task keeping such info up to date. I can't decide how I feel about original lists being changed. I think that is the beauty of the Wainwrights in that they don't really have much of a definition other than having a section in the books he wrote, which of course will never change.
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 I can't decide how I feel about original lists being changed. I think that is the beauty of the Wainwrights in that they don't really have much of a definition other than having a section in the books he wrote, which of course will never change.
Any list that includes Mungrisdale Common as a hill needs to be seriously questioned! 
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 Perhaps the old b*gg*r had a sense of humour after all?!! Anyway, it was a cracking ascent of Mungrisedale Common via Sharp Edge - I don't know what you're moaning about! 
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A Lancastrian with a sense of humour? I guess if you have the misfortune to be born over the border you'd need one!
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I've never understood the obsession anyway. What difference does it make to how tall it is? Modernity has made us so accustomed to ticking boxes and collecting pointless things. Sad to see it happening in a pastime that is supposed to be the antithesis.
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 Modernity has made us so accustomed to ticking boxes and collecting pointless things.
Ooh! Is there a definitive list of hills without pointy bits then? I must start ticking them off!
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You could make a list of hills that aren't on any lists. Perhaps call them "Russells".
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I have my own category of hills - 'Kates', which have heights I find aesthetically pleasing. I did my first, Stob Ban - 999m - last sunday. It's entirely personal and requires nothing but my own simplistic appreciation of numbers .
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What's the point of anything unless it's pointless?
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 I once climbed Mungrisedale Common purely for its own sake, without climbing any of its nearby neighbours, just for the hell of it one winter. The snow was firm and even, so the bogs beneath were frozen. I wrote it up as a winter walk and urged others to give it a lash in those conditions, but of course, I can't be sure if anyone rose to the 'challenge'. The 'is it or isn't it a Munro' question miht never be fully settled, but some years ago a pal of mine wanted to climb 40 Munros for his 40th birthday. (He's now 60 and I think he's just been to Scotland to climb one Munro!) Anyway... we only managed 39 Munros before we got whipped off the hills by a blizzard. I tried to wipe away his tears of disappointment by reminding him that we climbed one of those Munros twice in order to reach another, and he took some comfort from that. Some years later, one of the hills we climbed just to get to a Munro was suddenly 'promoted' to Munro status. I told my pal about it, and he seemed visibly relieved that he had actually climbed 40 of them after all! Funny old game though, isn't it?
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 I have my own category of hills - 'Kates', which have heights I find aesthetically pleasing. I did my first, Stob Ban - 999m - last sunday. It's entirely personal and requires nothing but my own simplistic appreciation of numbers . Think you missed out there Kate, you should have arrived at the summit at 9mins past 9 last wednesday
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We realised that on the 9th, but we did the Buachaille that day!
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 The way things have worked out have made very little diference. Most folk climb the Munros then progress to the Corbetts so no need for any special trips to climb this new Corbett. Pity about the change as it made the combination of Moruisg and Sgurr nan Ceannaichean a worth while hike as Ceanaichean is the more intersting mountain. I would recommend walkers continue to climb both as up and down Moruisg wouldn't be such an enjoyable day out.
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Kate - there's a fair few 1010m hills to do on the 10th October...
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If it is not 3000' it is NOT a munro. End of argument. A qualitative observation is not the same as arbitarily reassigning status to a top as was done in 1997, well not quite arbitarily as only NTS owned hills got the treatment. Congrats to Ceannichean on its promotion.
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I'm quite please with its promotion to Corbett status, I will get to do it again this time as a Corbett, when I visited it as a Munro there was no view, I guess the views will be very worthwhile so hopefully get a better day the next time. For anyone not knowing the hill, here is a pic of Ceannichean taken from the top of Maoile Lundaidh. To the right is Liathach and to its left is (probably) Beinn Liath Mhor http://www.corbetteer.co.uk/public/images/sh52.jpg and one fine looking Corbett it is
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 Agree with Fasgadh - a fine promotion Well worth climbing from the south up the excellent stalkers paths rather than the bog to the north
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