[Tagging] River crossing grade

Graeme Fitzpatrick graemefitz1 at gmail.com
Wed Jan 26 23:15:19 UTC 2022


On Wed, 26 Jan 2022 at 20:59, Andrew Harvey <andrew.harvey4 at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> # Proposed Tagging
>
> 0. creek/stream crossing where generally the creekbed is dry and you won't
> get wet.
> 1: creek/stream crossing where generally the water level is so low that
> you won't have water ingress in your shoes
> 2: creek/stream crossing where your body will stay dry but you'll want to
> take your shoes off if you prefer to keep them dry
> 3: river crossing where your body will get wet, may have a rope to help
> you cross, but you can wade through the water and won't usually need to swim
> 4: river crossing where you'll need to swim across
>

waterway=river/stream +
foot_crossing=
0. dry
1. paddling
2. knee-deep
3. chest-deep
4. swimming

You'd probably also then need to consider water speed, ranging from still
>>> raging torrent!, & also temperature frigid >>> comfortable, although
they would both be seasonally dependent.

Thanks

Graeme
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