15-04-2025
Inverness girl completes all Scotland's Munros for a second time
A 12-year-old girl from Inverness - who previously became one of the youngest people ever to scale all 282 of Scotland's Munros - has completed them for a second Young finished her first Munro bagging challenge back in October 2022, but now she and her dad Ian have managed the feat duo finished their second round of the peaks measuring more than 3,000ft (914m) on Saturday, as they topped the famed Inaccessible Pinnacle on Skye's Cuillin Ridge. Quinn told BBC Radio Scotland's Drivetime programme: "It was sometimes difficult but not all the time. Sometimes the weather was really bad."
Her dad Ian added: "It was just an adventure that kind of started, I don't even know how. "We did our local one near Inverness, Ben Wyvis, and then decided just before she was five to do Ben Nevis on a lovely sunny day."The thought was we would just do Ben Nevis every year before we just thought we would go and do some of the other ones. "It just kind of took off from there."
Quinn said her favourite Munros were Skye's Inaccessible Pinnacle, Aonach Eagach or the Curved Ridge, both in Glencoe, as she enjoys said he was "unbelievably proud" of his daughter's added: "It's just great spending time together. There's no technology, it's fresh air - it's an adventure."I hope it is something that she carries on doing - it hopefully can inspire other kids to get in the outdoors and see what Scotland has to offer."
Last time round, Quinn wanted to complete all 282 Munros before she finished primary second attempt has taken about two years. And what's next for the father and daughter duo?Quinn said they planned to take on Corbetts now, which are Scottish mountains over 2,500 feet (762m) but under 3,000 feet (914m).
The phenomenon known as Munro bagging was inspired by Sir Hugh whose family were Scottish landowners, was born in London in 1856 and brought up at Lindertis near Kirriemuir in studying in Germany, he climbed in the Alps and continued his interest in climbing when he settled at the family estate in Hugh was a founder and president of the Scottish Mountaineering Club which set him the task of listing all the country's hills of 3,000ft (914m) or more.
