<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 25 Jan 2022 at 19:39, Andrew Harvey <<a href="mailto:andrew.harvey4@gmail.com">andrew.harvey4@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><br></div><div>If I were to design the ideal tag for Australia, it would be something like:</div><div><br></div><div>technicality=0-3</div><div><br></div><div>0. Well formed, even surface (could almost walk it blindfolded).</div><div>1. Uneven surface, trip hazards from rocks, tree roots etc.</div><div>2. Large steps, long steps, may be slippery (wet, mossy or loose surface), likely need to use hands for balance, low or tight sections that you need to crouch</div><div>3. Short sections where you're almost pulling your whole body weight with your arms (with or without a hand rope). Highest level short of proper rock climbing.<br></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Nicely thought out!</div><div><br></div><div>Would you also add in River Crossing, possibly as 3, pushing climbing up to 4?</div><div> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div></div><div></div><div>In the Australian context there's also probably remoteness measure, but these would be too subjective to tag on individual ways and probably could simply be a function of distance to nearest facilities.</div><div><br></div><div>0. urban bushwalks</div><div>1. not too remote, mostly day walks</div><div>2. remote or multiday walks</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>How about water? In an Oz context, heat / thirst is often a bigger problem than cold, so would you have some form of tag for availability of water resupply? (apart from just having rivers / streams mapped)<br></div><div><br></div><div>
Thanks<div><br></div><div>Graeme</div></div><br></div></div>