Scottish Mountaineering Club

Compleators: Typo fixing, replaced: compleated → completed

← Previous revision Revision as of 13:29, 29 April 2026 Line 34: Line 34: Someone who has climbed all of the Munro mountains is bestowed by the SMC, represented in this case by Clerk of the Munro List, also sometimes referred to as Clerk of the List, with the title Compleator.<ref name="Compleators">{{Cite web |title=Compleators |url=https://www.smc.org.uk/hills/compleators |access-date=2024-04-01 |publisher=Scottish Mountaineering Club}}</ref> "Compleat" is an archaic spelling of the word complete. While complete means having all the required elements or skills, compleat has come to have its own distinct meaning, that of quintessential or perfectly representative.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Wide Words: Compleat v complete |url=http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa-com3.html |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=worldwidewords.org |language=en-gb}}</ref> The usage of this alternative spelling by the SMC is traditional.<ref>{{Cite web |title=View topic - Compleat or complete? |url=https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=42577 |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=Walkhighlands |language=en-gb}}</ref> Someone who has climbed all of the Munro mountains is bestowed by the SMC, represented in this case by Clerk of the Munro List, also sometimes referred to as Clerk of the List, with the title Compleator.<ref name="Compleators">{{Cite web |title=Compleators |url=https://www.smc.org.uk/hills/compleators |access-date=2024-04-01 |publisher=Scottish Mountaineering Club}}</ref> "Compleat" is an archaic spelling of the word complete. While complete means having all the required elements or skills, compleat has come to have its own distinct meaning, that of quintessential or perfectly representative.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Wide Words: Compleat v complete |url=http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa-com3.html |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=worldwidewords.org |language=en-gb}}</ref> The usage of this alternative spelling by the SMC is traditional.<ref>{{Cite web |title=View topic - Compleat or complete? |url=https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=42577 |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=Walkhighlands |language=en-gb}}</ref>

The SMC keeps a list of those who wish to record their completion of the Munros and, as of 9 October 2023, there are 7,581 who have compleated.<ref name="Compleators" /> It also maintains Hill Lists for the Munro Tops, Furths, Corbetts and Donalds.<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 March 2024 |title=Hills |url=https://www.smc.org.uk/hills }}</ref> The SMC keeps a list of those who wish to record their completion of the Munros and, as of 9 October 2023, there are 7,581 who have completed.<ref name="Compleators" /> It also maintains Hill Lists for the Munro Tops, Furths, Corbetts and Donalds.<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 March 2024 |title=Hills |url=https://www.smc.org.uk/hills }}</ref>

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