General discussion: when to use ways vs nodes for difficulty changes of difficulty or hazards on a trail + should we expand hazards (and/or create an obstacle=*) for hiking/walking/multi-use paths?

[erutan]

@Fizzie41

Agree with what you’re saying, so what would you add?

difficulty=*?

Very subjective as some people will sprint across a spot where others will edge across with a stick to help keep their balance!

I don’t know how deep I want to go down this rabbit hole.

1. keep ford=stepping_stones to refer to the sort of flagstones in the water pictured on the wiki page and then add in a ford=uneven_stepping_stones? In practice distance between stones is important too, but…

2. just expanding the wiki to make it clear that it encompasses the range of the following:

• flat easily walkable flagstones placed in the crossing
• regularly spaced natural boulders placed in the crossing
• uneven naturally distributed rocks in the crossing

The word difficulty is very problematic. From my hiking_technique / foot_scale thread:

@erutan

I come from a mountaineer-lite perspective so thinking of how “technical” something is drew me to technique - mostly to avoid “difficulty” which can mean many different things.