Dear martianfreeloader,
you wrote Thu Sep 15 2022 00:27:11 GMT+0200
I am a hiker and a climber, but I made experiences similar to Peter's on more than one occasion. I have been led along ways by osmand which were mapped as highway=path; obviously by other climbers. They were definitely not suitable for folks without climbing experience that want to go on a physically demanding hike
Yet, these kind of paths/scrambles are often not considered "real climbing" in the narrower sense (mountaineers would usually still go without rope).
from your description, I've the impression you're less seeking information specifically about scrambling (using hands) but more how demanding and dangerous a way is. Both is reflected by SAC hiking grade; T5 and T6 seem matching very well the ways you describe – too easy to be listed anywhere as a climbing route, so listed as hiking path while bearing too high falling risk for quite a share of hikers. In case my impression is correct, do you remember any of these ways and could check a hand full whether they are carrying SAC T grade? Then, this tag "just" needs to be considered by data consumers, i.e. humans shall set desired maximum hike difficulty and routers shall not suggest any paths that are more difficult. That works very reliable in BRouter, but I did not try OsmAnd much for that purpose. In case my impression is not correct, could you please tell with other words how your experiences link to highway=scrambling? Best regards, Georg _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
