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An ambitious mountain biker has successfully completed a daunting challenge to navigate his bike down all 282 Munros in Scotland. Sean Green, aged 36 and hailing from Angus, asserts that he is only the second individual in history to have accomplished the feat of taking a bike to the summits of all the mountains measuring 3,000ft (914m) and above. The journey, culminating in Glencoe this past Saturday, spanned around eight and a half years for the semi-professional cyclist.
Despite the challenges posed by the task, Sean made his way to the summits of each Munro, carrying the additional weight of his bike on his back. During the descent, the determined scaffolder skillfully maneuvered down the narrow paths with his bike. Speaking to BBC Radio Scotland’s Drivetime program, Sean expressed that the venture seamlessly merged his passion for the outdoors and mountain biking. He reminisced, “I’ve always been in and around the mountains growing up and, whenever I was walking them, and there was a good bit of trail in front of me I’d just wish I had my bike.”
While enjoying the thrill of pushing himself to the limit, Sean admitted that the most challenging aspects of his mission were the logistical planning involved and the impact it had on his family life. The devoted father elaborated, revealing, “I could be up and down a Munro in sub-four hours, but even then there was likely to be a three-hour drive before and a three-hour drive after.” Supporting Sean during one of his climbs was Paul Tattersall, the first man to achieve the challenge in a mere 81 days. Looking ahead, Sean acknowledged that he had more adventures in mind but was cautioned by his wife against embarking on anything as extreme.
The phenomenon of Munro bagging, which inspired the remarkable journey undertaken by Sean, traces back to Sir Hugh Munro, a Scottish landowner born in London in 1856. While Sir Hugh developed an interest in climbing during his time in Germany, it was upon returning to his family estate in Scotland that he delved into mountain exploration. As a key figure in the Scottish Mountaineering Club, Sir Hugh was tasked with cataloging all of the country’s hills measuring 3,000ft (914m) or higher. With an estimated 8,000 individuals having officially accomplished scaling all 282 peaks, only two men are believed to have completed the challenge on two wheels
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