> No Forest Service namby pamby shallow grades and switchbacks here!
Having done trail maintenance for over a decade, describing switchbacks as namby pamby sounds childish and ignorant. I also disagree that early maintainers were masochists. I encourage you to rethink that the next time you’re out there.
Dude I am totally agreeing with you!!! Hiking is super tough when there are no switchbacks and trail just goes straight up! But that is the East - we could do with some basic trail design.