. Munro was born on 16 October 1856 in London, but was brought up in
Scotland on the family estate of Lindertis near
Kirriemuir in
Angus. He was an avid
hillwalker, and was a founder member of the
Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1889. This list caused much surprise in mountaineering circles, as until his list was produced many thought that the number of mountains exceeding this height was around 30, rather than the nearly 300 that he listed. These mountains are now known as
Munros and it is a popular hobby to attempt to climb them all. Hugh Munro never completed his own list. Of his original list he failed to climb one mountain in the
Cairngorms (Carn Cloich-Mhuillin), which he was saving to be his last. At the time of his death he had produced a revised version of the list, adding Carn an Fhidhleir, which he had also yet to climb. aged 62, during the
post-war influenza pandemic. He is buried on the family estate of Lindertis near
Kirriemuir in
Angus. ==See also==