Timeline for When hiking, why is the right of way given to people going up?
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| Dec 21, 2016 at 14:27 | comment | added | Andrew Brēza | If you're descending so quickly that you have a hard time stopping you should probably slow down. It's important to maintain control at all times, even when going down a steep hill. | |
| Dec 21, 2016 at 9:32 | comment | added | paparazzo | It is not easier to stop going downhill. You have to use muscles to stop going downhill. Uphill you just stop going uphill. | |
| Dec 21, 2016 at 7:13 | comment | added | anderas | @MikeManfrin I think the main reason for that in biking isn't momentum, but more often ease of getting started again. On a small steep path, getting on your bike uphill can be considerably harder than getting on the bike when going downhill (even more so when riding clipless pedals). | |
| Dec 21, 2016 at 6:28 | comment | added | ShemSeger | @MikeManfrin There's no such thing as momentum when you're hiking up a steep hill, especially when you're hiking high and steep enough to necessitate rest-steps. | |
| Dec 21, 2016 at 0:25 | comment | added | Mike Manfrin | Also consider biking in the place of hiking -- if you are moving uphill and have to stop, there is considerably energy lost in having to bring momentum up again. Going downhill is easy as taking your hand off the breaks. Likewise, you have a momentum as you hike uphills. Certainly not in the same realm as biking, but nevertheless some. It's just polite to let someone who is working for their momentum and forward progress to continue before those who only have to lean forward to continue downhill. | |
| Dec 20, 2016 at 22:06 | history | answered | Charlie Brumbaugh | CC BY-SA 3.0 |