Sam
Did you ever come across a guy called Duncan Sperry during your mountaineering exploits ?
Roger
Not to be introduced to, Roger, but we're a cheery lot and tend to greet and natter briefly to fellow outdoorsies as we pass them 'on the hill'. I may have thus saluted him, without ever knowing his moniker.
You tend to get more informed/introduced if you bump into them when you are re-hydrating(!) at the end of the day. Pubs in Scotland are also great places for buying the local ghillie or landowner 'a wee dram' and then getting good verbal path and scramble info to take you off the beaten track and away from the grockles clutching their guidebooks...
I am most familiar with the western Scotland hills, from maybe, north, from Crianlarich to Assynt, but I've also ambled over Cairgorm, Spittle of Glenshee, etc etc. I'm not a 'driven' Munro bagger (only got 87 or so, out of the 200-plus) but, Corbetts and Grahams really don't 'do it' for me. My favourite is Sgurr Fiona and the Corrag Bhuidhe pinnacles on An Teallach. Crackin' day out, that. Next best one after that would be watching Angel Glacier on Mount Edith Cavell 'birthing' a berg same size as a skyscraper.
Sam, now steeping in memories, and needing to look up old photos...
A pragmatist inside a perpetual optimist, heavily influenced by an experienced cynic, wrapped around by an aging relic.