Scottish Munros: Actual and Predicted Route Times (excluded routes)
Scottish Munros: Actual and Predicted Route Times (excluded routes)
The previous graph presents a correlation between actual and predicted route times using a modified Naismith's Rule, with the effective walking pace being derived from data accumulated from 72 qualifying Munro routes (see text for background). Routes done under winter conditions, those involving a lot of scrambling, and two-day walks were excluded. In this graph, the excluded data are superimposed on the previous graph but with the qualifying data points removed for clarity. As might be expected, a significant proportion of both the winter and scrambling routes fall outside of the 25% upper margin, but this is not the case for the two-day walks. The reason this last category was excluded is that it seemed likely that the additional weight of the camping equipment would have had a noticeable impact on route times; however, the average walking pace for these routes was only slightly below the standard rate (4.1km/hr as opposed to 4.38km/hr), and so I guess I must have been fitter than I thought!
The routes falling furthest out-of-bounds (one from each category) are as follows:
Route 110: Buachaille Etive Mor (Section 3) (photo)
Route 102: Am Basteir - Bruach na Frithe (Section 17) (photo)
Route 134 (day 2): Luinne Bheinn - Meall Buidhe - Ladhar Bheinn (Section 10) (photo)
The tardy pace set during the winter ascent of Buachaille Etive Mor was largely due to the "wrong" type of snow, which extended right down to the roadside. All that needs to be said about Am Basteir and Bruach na Frithe is that they're Cuillin Munros, and so Naismith's Rule is largely irrelevant (although incurring a minor knee injury during a fall from the Bad Step was an additional factor in this case!). Cumulative fatigue probably accounted for my shoddy performance during the second day of the Knoydart route, as the previous day had involved a six hour drive from Carlisle, followed by a tough 9-hour walk over the first two Munros, followed by a sleepless night spent bivvying in Choire Odhair!
Note: My Flickr Munro photos are grouped into the SMC guidebook Sections and not individual routes. The easiest way to see any additional photos taken during the routes listed above is to follow the link back to the relevant Section (from the "This photo also appears in" link), where the photos are ordered sequentially.
Scottish Munros: Actual and Predicted Route Times (excluded routes)
Scottish Munros: Actual and Predicted Route Times (excluded routes)
The previous graph presents a correlation between actual and predicted route times using a modified Naismith's Rule, with the effective walking pace being derived from data accumulated from 72 qualifying Munro routes (see text for background). Routes done under winter conditions, those involving a lot of scrambling, and two-day walks were excluded. In this graph, the excluded data are superimposed on the previous graph but with the qualifying data points removed for clarity. As might be expected, a significant proportion of both the winter and scrambling routes fall outside of the 25% upper margin, but this is not the case for the two-day walks. The reason this last category was excluded is that it seemed likely that the additional weight of the camping equipment would have had a noticeable impact on route times; however, the average walking pace for these routes was only slightly below the standard rate (4.1km/hr as opposed to 4.38km/hr), and so I guess I must have been fitter than I thought!
The routes falling furthest out-of-bounds (one from each category) are as follows:
Route 110: Buachaille Etive Mor (Section 3) (photo)
Route 102: Am Basteir - Bruach na Frithe (Section 17) (photo)
Route 134 (day 2): Luinne Bheinn - Meall Buidhe - Ladhar Bheinn (Section 10) (photo)
The tardy pace set during the winter ascent of Buachaille Etive Mor was largely due to the "wrong" type of snow, which extended right down to the roadside. All that needs to be said about Am Basteir and Bruach na Frithe is that they're Cuillin Munros, and so Naismith's Rule is largely irrelevant (although incurring a minor knee injury during a fall from the Bad Step was an additional factor in this case!). Cumulative fatigue probably accounted for my shoddy performance during the second day of the Knoydart route, as the previous day had involved a six hour drive from Carlisle, followed by a tough 9-hour walk over the first two Munros, followed by a sleepless night spent bivvying in Choire Odhair!
Note: My Flickr Munro photos are grouped into the SMC guidebook Sections and not individual routes. The easiest way to see any additional photos taken during the routes listed above is to follow the link back to the relevant Section (from the "This photo also appears in" link), where the photos are ordered sequentially.