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Dumb question. It looks like they’re traveling along the ridge. Is that gonna feel like more of a hike or a climb?
by oneoff786 4y ago
Dumb question. It looks like they’re traveling along the ridge. Is that gonna feel like more of a hike or a climb?
- wyclif 4y agoHi, longtime long-distance hiker here. It depends on the slope. Sometimes, ridge elevation can be relatively flat for long sections. Such sections would fall into the "hike" category.
- andrewljohnson 4y agoIt depends on how much the ridge goes up and down, and if there are bits you can only ascend with technical climbing.
- closedcontour 4y agoLike others have said, it all depends on the ridge. In this case it is the southern half of the Full Palisade Traverse[1] which is a very technical ridge with long sections of 5th class climbing[2]. One way of looking at is that these guys have been moving 12 +/- hours a day in the mountains for a few months now and they've covered just over 2 miles of the ridge in 10 hours today so it better be pretty hard! [1] - https://www.pullharder.org/trip-reports/2012/07/02/full-palisade-traverse-casually https://www.pullharder.org/trip-reports/2012/07/02/full-pali... is a good account of this climb with some nice photos. [2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosemite_Decimal_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosemite_Decimal_System