Tidy Tuesday - Munros

Hey everyone! It has been a while. I was busy with some personal travel and then some work somewhere else so I was slacking with my Tidy Tuesdays.
Let's dive right into the data this week. It is a short one to get back on track, from a month ago! The original link for the dataset is found here

A graph showing number of Munros and Tops

In the Munro classification, a Munro is a mountain over 3,000 ft., while a Munro Top is those that can be considered a Munro but are not considered true Munros due to being lesser peaks of the larger mountain in the topology of the area. Learn more by reading the Wikipedia article. It is an interesting read about so-called peak bagging.

Clearly, Munro classification peaked in the early 1900's, remaining stable until the 80s, then again until 1997, which had some Munros and Tops lose their status, while in 2021 a single Munro and two Tops lost their status. Poor old Beinn a' Chroin, where only the East Top was considered a Munro until recently, where it became a Top

Here is a bar chart that shows who has always been a Munro, who has always been a Top, and who has had their status changed at some point.

A graph showing number of Munros and Tops who have always been considered Munros or Tops

I also made a side by side map to show all mountains which at some point were Munros or Tops (A) and another one to show only those which have always been Munros (B). Pretty neat!

A map showing all mountains which at some point were Munros or Tops, and one which only mountains which have always been considered Munros.

While I can't exactly see myself doing a Munro Run like some of those crazy Scots, I love hiking and will try to climb a Munro if I ever make it back to Scotland!

See you soon! Until next time, good luck