Chris Townsend

Chris Townsend is a passionate hillwalker and author of 15 books.

Townsend was the first person to climb all of the Munros and Tops in a continuous walk involving 1700 miles (2700 km) and 575,000 feet (170,000 m) of ascent over all 517 of the 3000 ft (914 m) Scottish summits listed in Munro's Tables.^[1] He was also the first person to walk the length of the Canadian Rockies, a distance of 1600 miles (2500 km). Chris Townsend has also hiked the 2600 mile (4200 km) Pacific Crest Trail, the 3100 mile (5000 km) Continental Divide Trail, Land's End to John o' Groats in the UK (1250 miles, 2000 km), south-north through the Scandinavian mountains (1300 miles, 2100 km), 1000 miles (1600 km) south-north through the Yukon Territory and the 800 mile (1300 km) Arizona Trail.

References

1. ^ Cameron McNeish (July 17, 2005). "At one with the world on nation's most northern Munro Views across". Sunday Herald. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20050717/ai_n14779956. Retrieved 2008-03-04. 

External links

• Personal website

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