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Saying you 'climbed' something is a good ego booster.

Telling someone that their climb was actually a hike is an even better ego booster.

None of this matters.

Way to slay the thread, Dave.

ForeignTraveller wrote:Call it climbing or hiking according to one's own standard. Kind of like jogging vs running.

Slower than 7.5 mph (8-minute mile) is jogging. That may be an exact number, by the way. I need to check wikipedia.

I can't believe this thread is still going, It sure has gone off on many rabbit trails. Thanks to all that have attempted to answer the Question.

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Peter

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Day Hiker wrote:

ForeignTraveller wrote:Call it climbing or hiking according to one's own standard. Kind of like jogging vs running.

Slower than 7.5 mph (8-minute mile) is jogging. That may be an exact number, by the way. I need to check wikipedia.

Here's what I found from Wikipedia:
The definition of jogging as compared with running is not standard. Dr. George Sheehan, a running expert, is quoted to have said "the difference between a jogger and a runner is an entry blank".[1] Others are usually more specific, defining jogging as running slower than 6 mph (10 minute per mile pace, 10 km/h, 6 min/km).[2]

Andinistaloco wrote:Way to slay the thread, Dave.

Yeah, I guess I did piss on the campfire but it does seem like semantics.

cooking is certainly less dangerous than climbing

(as long as you don't screw up too badly).


I think I would like to take up paragliding, now that you mention it.

Hey, any paraglider folks here?

pyerger wrote:I can't believe this thread is still going, It sure has gone off on many rabbit trails.

Which proves the thread has been hiking.

Bob Sihler wrote:

pyerger wrote:I can't believe this thread is still going, It sure has gone off on many rabbit trails.

Which proves the thread has been hiking.

Its more like this thread has been down-climbing

What is it then called when you hike up a mountain, but have skis attached to your feet, and then you slide back down a mountain?

Oh yeah, and you have to use this crazy stick that has a weird hook on it and these spikes that attach to your ski boots, otherwise you might slip. Sometimes you might also have to use a rope to get back down, which actually can also be done while you have skis on your feet...


I wonder what that is called?

OJ Loenneker wrote:What is it then called when you hike up a mountain, but have skis attached to your feet, and then you slide back down a mountain?

.......

Beer Run

pyerger wrote:I'm looking for some ideas, about hiking, vs climbing. If your going up a mountain, when does a hike become a climb? Are all mountains climbed? or are you only climbing when, you are using your hands, and feet (scrambling)? Or is it climbing only when your using a rope ( class 4, or 5), What about glacier travel?

I would say if a person is scrambling, they are climbing . Just looking for some ideas, what people out there think?

At the risk of wrecking this thread by addressing the topic...

I still fail to understand how someone can get from 1,000 feet elevation to 15,000 feet elevation without climbing anything. Its quite a trick if you ask me.

This brings me to the conclusion that the difference between climbing and hiking depends on the size of one's ego.