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The start and finish are within 1000' of each other, so you'd have to come out about even. Of course, I've heard people swear that it's easier southbound - but I think that's pretty much more a mental thing than a physical reality. I wonder if Australians would have the same bias?chumley wrote:If you through-hike going northbound, the AEG is 113,088 feet.
If you through-hike going southbound, the AEG is 113,537 feet.
(I was surprised by how similar they are!)
I think NOBO is much easier because on average you'll have the sun in your backwritelots wrote: ↑Jan 18 2018 4:05 pmThe start and finish are within 1000' of each other, so you'd have to come out about even. Of course, I've heard people swear that it's easier southbound - but I think that's pretty much more a mental thing than a physical reality. I wonder if Australians would have the same bias?chumley wrote:If you through-hike going northbound, the AEG is 113,088 feet.
If you through-hike going southbound, the AEG is 113,537 feet.
(I was surprised by how similar they are!)
Yes I knew that. But I just wanted a simple small annotated overview to include in a travel report. I thought I post it here because I think it gives a nice quick overview of the entire AZTchumley wrote: ↑Jan 19 2018 12:23 pm@FireFly
This is available here on HAZ. If you click "expand" the elevation profile, you can even move along the trail and zoom in on various segments and ranges, etc. as well as view the location on the map.
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