With the rapid expansion of the Hall, a brief analysis is offered to highlight some recent arrivals and summarise trends.
Oldest living member: Miles Hutchinson (78)
Oldest female member: Jill Adam (74)
Youngest member: Andrew Allum (31)
Youngest women: Audrey Litterick and Lynda Woods (40)
Sole brothers: Lindsay Munro and Rod Munro
Earliest Munroist: Miles Hutchinson (1955)
First Hall qualifier: Phil Cooper (1979)
Latest starter: Jill Adam (aged 53)
Gender blend: 113 men, 20 women, 9 co-named couples. 15% female membership might seem low, but compares favourably with 12% of the first 133 Munroists.
Inseparable couples: Bunns, Moffats, Leonards (though the Leonards say 'they kept no records before 1988').
Slowest mover and sole overseas resident: Peter Wilson
Fastest mover: Colin Crawford, for the third year walking (+152 in 2004, +182 in 2003, +255 in 2002). Others to have added over 200 in a year are: Ken Whyte +261 in 2001, Graham Illing +234 in 2002, Ken Butcher +231 in 2002, Stewart Logan +212 in 2001, Rob Woodall +208 in 2000, Ursula Stubbings +204 in 2002. No-one has come close to matching Ken Whyte's incredible +405 in 2000.
Ethnic minorities: 2. Declaring Asian-born Hamish Brown and Andrew Fraser as statutory minorities prevents Marhofn being prosecuted for excess middle-class whiteness and closed down for failing to meet government social inclusion targets.
Homelands: Scotland 74, England 53, Wales 5, N. Ireland 1.
Bases: Region 26 (28), Region 36 (19), Region 39 (13) Region 35 (9), Region 1 (7). 18 of the 42 regions currently have no representatives in the Hall. Missing regions: 2, 3, 5, 10, 11, 14, 16, 18-20, 22-25, 29, 31, 32, 38.
Hall of Residence: Airthey Avenue, Jordanhill, Glasgow, is home or former home to four Hall members: John Barrowman, Mary Cox, Alan Dawson and David Foster.
Familiar names: Pete/Peter (11), Dave/David (9), Jon/John (9), Andy/Andrew (7). Only three of the 50 most popular names for baby boys (in England and Wales 2004), appear in the Hall: George, Michael and Charles, although Thomas, William and Callum appear in shortened form, while none of the 50 most popular names for girls show up, with Anna at 49th coming closest to Ann and Anne. The unpopularity of Peter, David, John, Andrew, Hamish etc as names for newborns suggests that the current generation of parents is desperately unfashionable and out of touch with modern hill celebrity culture. The appearance of Ben as 25th most popular name shows promise, but the absence of Glen suggests parents are more influenced by Affleck than Affric.
Most popular starters: Snowdon (6), Great Gable, Great Orme, Leith Hill, Scafell Pike, Worcestershire Beacon (5), Ingleborough (4) Arthur's Seat, Dunkery Beacon, East Lomond, Tinto (3).
Unlikely starters: Ailsa Craig, Beinn Tart a'Mhill, Suilven, Tighvein, St Boniface Down.
Eponymous thresholds: Peter Drummond (Drummond Hill), Chris Crocker (Crock). John Ward's 600th is not known, but he had seven Wards to choose from. As yet there has been little interest from the likes of Anne Robinson, Alan Knott, Robin van Persie or Brian 'Cnoc an Liath-bhaid' Mhoir. The most likely-sounding names for 100% concordance are Ben Lee, Craig Lee, Ros Hill, May Hill, Kit Hill and Garth Hill, while a GOML entry on Gormol seems particularly unlikely.
Extra-curricular completions: Murdos 35, New Donalds 47, Hewitts 28, SubMarilyns 1, Corbett Tops 1.
Subsets settled: Corbetts 67, Grahams 23, Wales 17, England 16, Scottish mainland 4.
In order to assist further analysis, it would be helpful if any members with empty table cells could figure out the missing entries and inform the editor before the end of the year.
