My daughter asked the question of me this morning "what's the difference between hiking and climbing?" My answer was that climbing involves going up, like climbing a mountain, and hiking doesn't always have to be up. But this reply left me questioning myself as to the real difference. It's easy to define an endevor such as Denali or Everest as climbing but as one moves down the level of difficulty the line between climbing and hiking gets blurred. For example, I've seen Whitney described as both a hike and a climb and sure the MR could certainly be considered a climb, but the main trail? What are your thoughts?


"Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying" Andy Dufresne, The Shawshank Redemption