Welcome
to Mapping Mountains Publications, a sister site to Mapping Mountains, which was set up in November 2013. The
site will have a number of hill lists and e-books available to download either as a printed
booklet or as an e-booklet, no charge is incurred.
To
access the lists and e-books either click on the headings at the bottom of this page, or
click on the page headings on the homepage of this site - by doing so the user
will access brief introductions to each list and e-book, with an option to download or
print in booklet format at the bottom of the page.
The
hill lists available on this site will increase over time; those that have been
co-authored with Aled Williams will be prioritised.
These
listings focus on criteria based on prominence, minimum height and
remoteness. All are used to define the
separation of one hill or mountain from another, with prominence (also known as
drop) being the height gain between a summit and the lowest point on the
watershed connecting it to a higher summit.
The use of minimum height with that of prominence neatly encompasses
hills that are topographically similar, and defining a hill by remoteness is a
novel form of criterion, but one that poses a new challenge for the peak
bagger.
This
site has benefited from the encouragement and contributions of a number of
people, but special thanks should be expressed to Ruth Magness, Mark Trengove
and Aled Williams.
Accessing
prominence based hill lists in booklet format at little or no cost was
pioneered by Alan Dawson and Dave Hewitt with their TACit Tables publications,
and further developed by Mark Trengove via the Europeaklist website. It is hoped that the Mapping Mountains Publications
site can also now benefit those interested in the detail in and around hill
listings.
Myrddyn
Phillips (July 2016)
The
lists and e-books available on this site can be downloaded in two formats:
·
A print version to create an A5-sized
booklet
·
An e-booklet version to read via PC, mobile or
tablet
The
Lists
The e-books
Ups and Downs - The Story of Handbook of the Scottish Hills
