A special exhibition will commemorate the life of a pioneering Scottish mountaineer on the 100th anniversary of his death.

Sir Hugh Munro, who made it his life's work to map and record every Scottish mountain over 3000ft, died on March 19, 1919.

To mark the centenary of his death, the AK Library in Perth is hosting an exhibition to honour his life and legacy.

Organised by the Munro Society, the exhibition includes a collection of Sir Hugh's writings and belongings alongside exhibits tracing the history of mountaineering.

Stuart Logan, the society's former president, said, "He was a very methodical person and he produced a very methodical list that has been getting amended ever since when more accurate information appears.

"One really does question if he hadn't produced his list, would the whole thing about climbing clubs, walking clubs, how would that have developed without him? I think he gave it a push to get it started."

Sir Hugh, who was brought up near Kirriemuir in Angus, helped found the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1889.

Two years later he published his original list of Munros, which has remained largely unchanged ever since, though modern methods of measurement have meant some peaks have been added or wiped from the list.

At the age of 58, Sir Hugh volunteered for service with the Red Cross during the First World War, intending to bag the last mountain on his list when he returned. However, he contracted influenza in the war's aftermath and died before he could complete the list.

The Scottish Mountaineering Club continues Munro's work to this day. And the trend of bagging Scotland's 282 Munros is more popular than ever, enticing climbers from all over the world.

Mountaineering writer Rab Anderson attributes the increased number of people taking to the peaks to a number of factors.

He said: "I think part of that is increased access to transport, road infrastructure is pretty good, people are more conscious about being outdoors and being fit and healthy... you can go to any car park where there's a Munro and you'll see cars and people on the hill - its hugely popular now."