In the months prior to its departure for Antarctica the expedition received considerable press attention, primarily because of the reports that Woodrow Wilson Sayre was planning to fly in a Piper Apache piloted by Max Conrad, the " flying Grandfather ", with four companions into the Sentinel Range to climb the Vinson Massif.

Cliff Road ( B3135 ), which runs through the Gorge, offers a popular climb for bicyclists and has a maximum gradient of 16 %.

The park also offers a climb up the historic Aiton Heights Fire Tower.

For players who have ascended to Level 50 or higher in at least one division, Shattered Galaxy offers a Reincarnation Event once every three months, in which the player is returned to Level 1 to begin the climb anew, a incentive only available in Morgana Prime.

The Meudon town hall sits some in altitude above that of Paris and the climb from there to the observatory offers some rewarding views of Paris.

Despite the treacherous climb, reaching the top offers an expansive view of the surrounding area.

This potentially offers a faster rate of climb and tighter turning radius, both of which are important in a fighter.

In winter, Gerlachovský štít offers a challenging alpine climb, with mixed climbing and a risk of avalanches.

Located atop a bumpy road which is difficult for some vehicles to climb, Tassajara offers shuttles to and from the retreat for those inclined to forgo trying to make the trek on their own.

The brave can hike to the top or climb the many cliffs it offers, those just in search of a hike can take the chair lift past the cliffs and hike the rest of the way through rocky fields, tundra and snow, and those who prefer an easy day with gorgeous scenery and state-of-the art nineteenth century technology can take the Zahnradbahn, or cog-wheel train, the Schneeberg Railway.

The steep topography offers some excellent views into Newcastle-upon-Tyne, such as this from St John's Lane. Felling lies on land which is steep at the riverbank but which initially flattens at the north then begins to climb, with some slope south to north centrally before consistently sloping, at times steeply, in High Felling.

Upon arrival, visitors climb a flight of concrete stairs to the perimeter wall, which offers a good view of the Cape Bojeador and South China Sea.

The orange-blazed unnamed connector trail, leading to the yellow-blazed Stillman Trail, most often accessed at a parking area on US 9W, offers an immediate and steep climb up Butter Hill followed by a longer and more relaxing trip to the summit of Storm King itself.

The dwarfish king disagrees with Gluck, but offers a proposition: if someone were to climb up to the source of the river and throw into it at least three drops of " holy water ," it would become for that person only a river of gold.

He would go in there, climb through the window, and at least be safe for a little while and able to rest.

Throughout their climb up the spheres of Tree of Life Sophie / Promethea and Barbara encounter difficulties such as imprisonment by the demon Asmodeus, as well as meeting figures such as Sophie's father Juan ( who died when she was little ), Barbara's guardian angel Boo Boo and Promethea's father, who she has not seen since his murder in 411 A. D.

The house has its stairs designed in a curious way, each tread alternately hollowed in the right and left, like an alternating tread stair: it allows that the stairs be steep enough to fit the little room available in the house, but still enable people to climb it comfortably.

This allows the skier to climb very steep slopes with little back slip.

A significant difference between the surveying methods of George Stephenson and Joseph Locke was that, because Stephenson had started his career at a time when locomotives had little power to overcome excessive gradients, he avoided such gradients at all costs, often adding many miles to the line of the route, whereas Locke had more confidence in the ability of modern locomotives to climb these gradients.

:: To conclude, they which are most miserable of all, those climb a degree higher, that their fall might be more grievous: for they are raised so high by some gift of grace, that they are little moved with some taste of the heavenly gift: so that for the time they seem to have received the seed ... But this is plain, that the spirit of adoption, which we have said to be only proper unto them which are never cast forth, but are written in the secret of God's people, is never communicated to them, for were they of the elect they should remain still with the elect.

6 miles up Glenericht it reaches the little village of Bridge of Cally and begins the long climb up into Glenshee, eventually passing the historic Spittal of Glenshee hotel which was originally a shelter for travellers run by monks from Coupar Angus abbey.

Whilst Illiniza Sur ( the southern peak ) is a more difficult climb due to its glacial nature, Illiniza Norte requires little or no climbing expertise, and may be climbed as a trekking peak.

Ewing decided not to go with them as he was feeling a little stiff after his climb the previous day.

On the fourth climb they pulled out a little further and the chasing peloton dropped many riders including Iban Mayo and Thomas Voeckler, Roberto Heras was also finding it tough.

There was the climb up from the little market town of Tenbury whence some of the lay clerks make their twice daily journey to Mattins and Evensong to lend men ’ s voices to the boys ’ choir, and there before me stretched an enormous common.

The majority of the 650m climb from base camp requires little more than walking with short sections of scrambling up rock.

Whilst these personages were ( or would have been ) undoubtedly supporters of Hitler, they played little or no part, and had no influence, in his climb to power.

He also seems to be able to climb sheer walls with little or no difficulty.

" But the door was locked, and the little girl had to climb in through the little hole at the bottom of the door.

After this, very little further information came to light, but the price continued to climb due to speculation ; at one point, a UK broker suggested a value of up to $ 382 a share.

You must climb the mountain just a little ... enough to test that it's a mountain, enough to see where the other mountains are.

This means the climb may get very little traffic as few people are willing to risk their life in that fashion.

Strategically, the climb has little importance: it's too far from the finish ( in 2006, on km 185 of 259 ).

There are a number of factors that contribute to the difficulty of a climb including the technical difficulty of the moves, the strength and stamina required, the level of commitment, and the difficulty of protecting the climber.

On multi-pitch routes it is usual to give the overall climb an adjectival grade and each pitch a separate technical grade ( such as HS 4b, 4a ).

The French numerical system ( distinct from the adjectival system, described later ) rates a climb according to the overall technical difficulty and strenuousness of the route.

* Alaska Grade 3: Either a serious fifth-class one-day climb, or a multiday climb with some technical elements.

* Alaska Grade 4: Multiday, moderately technical climb.

* Alaska Grade 5: Multiday, highly technical climb.

* Alaska Grade 6: Multiday, extremely technical climb.

Overall difficulty is signified by a Roman numeral grade, and the technical difficulty of the hardest move or section of the climb is graded with an Arabic numeral.

This is a technical climb involving rock climbing and, at some times of year, ice climbing.

The least difficult technical climb, the Hörnli ridge ( Hörnligrat ), lies between the east and north faces, facing the town of Zermatt.

For commercial divers or technical divers who may spend many hours in a dry suit underwater, it is not practical to have to climb back on board the ship in order to open a waterproof relief zipper and urinate.

Initially it was based on ten climbs of Tahquitz Rock in Idyllwild, California, and ranged from the " Trough " at 5. 0, a relatively modest technical climb, to the " Open Book " at 5. 9, considered at the time the most difficult unaided climb humanly possible.

Considerable snow on the route would likely require crampons and an ice axe, thereby pushing the climb into the realm of technical mountaineering.

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# Intended as an objective measure of the technical difficulty of a particular climb or bouldering problem.

For a more technical challenge for the experienced climber, there is a technical ice climb called the Serpents Head which involves 10 pitches of grade 3 ice.

In Europe, it is very common to attempt to climb all of the independent peaks in the Alps ; that pastime roughly corresponds to fourteener-bagging in the U. S., although some of the European peaks are more technical climbs in general.

* 1995: Mana Northwest is scaled by members of a joint Indo Tibetan Border Police – Japanese expedition after a tough technical wall climb.

Neither Mount Marcy nor Algonquin Peak, the two highest, require technical skills, but Algonquin Peak is regarded as the more challenging climb.

This was the first recorded climb of any technical difficulty, and has been said to mark the beginning of mountaineering.

According to his technical specifications, he can reach speeds up to Mach 2. 8, and can climb up to sub-orbital altitudes of and nose-dive down to ground level in minutes ( the real aircraft has a top speed of Mach 2. 5 with an altitude ceiling of, or 12. 3 miles ).