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Munro and Wainwright scratch-off prints - ideal for Xmas

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 DavePS 21 Jul 2017
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Most walkers or hikers like to keep a tally of the mountains they have climbed and for those of you who love ticking off or bagging mountains you can now buy a Munros map and a Wainwrights map where you can scratch off the mountains as you climb them.

The Munro and Wainwright maps would make an excellent Christmas gift for a climbing enthusiast.

Munro's are mountains in Scotland which are over 3000 feet high and are named after Sir Hugh Munro who created the first list of mountains in 1891 which subsequently became known as Munro's Tables. The scratch-off Munro-bagging print is a large glossy A1 sized map and shows the position of all of the 282 Munro mountains including their heights in metres and feet. Each peak is covered by a gold scratch-off latex coating which can be scratched off to reveal the colour beneath.

Since there are 282 Munro's, ticking-off or "bagging" all of them is a serious challenge and one which will normally take even the most committed and serious walker many years to complete. These maps allow you to have an attractive record of the peaks you've done and the ones you still have left to complete.

The scratch-off Wainwright print is the perfect gift for walkers / hill climbers or lovers of the Lake District.

Alfred Wainwright began compiling his seven volume set of Lake District Fells in 1952 and it took him 13 years to complete. Wainwright documented 214 fells in total and each significant Lake District fell has its own section in one of his seven volumes, the 214 fells later became known as the "Wainwrights". Most committed or enthusiastic fell walkers and hikers will have, "ticking-off all the Wainwrights" on their bucket list.

The scratch-off Wainwrights print is a large glossy A2 sized map and shows the location of all 214 Wainwright fells along with their heights. Each fell is covered by a gold scratch-off latex gold coating, allowing you to record each one you have 'bagged' by scratching off the foil to reveal a colour underneath. The fells are coloured to be in-line with (but not exactly the same) as the colours used by Wainwright for each of the seven books. Also featured on the map is a tally that you can update with a dry wipe pen as you go along so you can see how many more you need to 'Bag'.

These maps are great gifts for a walking/climbing enthusiast whether they have been walking for many years or never climbed a mountain but have aspirations to do so.

The maps provide an attractive way of recording your walks and also act as a great motivator to encourage your next trip.

These are part of a Collect and Scratch range by MapsInternational.co.uk, other maps in their range include scratch off top UK cycling climbs, golf courses as well as beer, whisky and many others.

The maps are available as a rolled map print or as a framed map from http://www.mapsinternational.co.uk

The Munro print is available here: http://www.mapsinternational.co.uk/product_details.asp?pid=UK01615&pName=Sc...

The Wainwright print is available here: http://www.mapsinternational.co.uk/product_details.asp?pid=UK01616&pN
In reply to DavePS:

Hi Dave,

These look great! I'm going to order my Dad a Munros chart for his Birthday.

Would you consider doing one of these for every climb in Ken Wilson's Hard Rock book please?

http://www.needlesports.com/content/hard-rock.aspx

https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/set.php?id=16

I'm sure plenty of folk would also be interested in one for Classic Rock: https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/set.php?id=8

UKC's Rob Greenwood would really like one for Extreme Rock: https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/set.php?id=27

Perhaps one big map including every climb in all three books (colour coded to differentiate which book it came from) would be best?

Tom
OP DavePS 02 Aug 2017
In reply to Tom Ripley Mountain Guide:

Hi Tom,

yes definitely, we are always looking for new ideas on maps we could make next. I would need to check with the author or publisher to make sure we would be okay as I did with the Wainwrights but fingers crossed

thanks for the feedback

cheers

Dave

In reply to DavePS:

Hi Dave,

The books are owned by Vertibrate who are based in Sheffield.

The person you would need to speak to is Jon Barton.

If you would like any assistance please PM me.

Tom

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