<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">> Demanding_mountain_hiking is when you start to use your hands only because<br>
> the terrain is too steep, but you don't climb.<br>
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</div>otherwise known as...<br>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrambling" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrambling</a><br>
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>yes, but is easy scrambling.... moderate scrambling (UIAA class II) should be probably tagged with alpine_hiking.</div><div>The big problem is comparing the different national scales. For me, in the Italian Dolomites, it is easy to apply the sac_scale because reflects more or less the overall difficulties of all the paths (except for Via Ferrata / Klettersteig that is currently lacking a tag).</div>
<div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div>Alberto</div></div>
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