“Late in August the lure of the mountains becomes irresistible. Seared by the everlasting sunfire, I want to see running water again, embrace a pine tree, cut my initials in the bark of an aspen, get bit by a mosquito, see a mountain bluebird, find a big blue columbine, get lost in the firs, hike…
Peak Bagging
The MunRoos: Hiking Utah’s 10,000+ Foot Peaks
On my recent trip to Scotland, I became fascinated with the Scot’s quest for bagging Munros. A Munro is a mountain in Scotland measuring over 3,000 feet above sea level and there are 282 of them. The Munro’s are named after Sir Hugh Munro who first compiled the list in 1891, however he never completed the list himself….