<p>The mountains provide the spiritual nourishment so essential to a truer understanding of the hills and, ultimately, ourselves.<br><br>Munro bagging is a headily addictive pursuit, with the holy-grail of 'compleation' the ultimate aim, currently achieved by around 7,000 Munroists.<br><br>It all began in 1891 when Sir Hugh Munro's Tables of 3,000-foot Scottish mountains appeared in The Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal. Since then, this innoc...