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The Twilight Zone
Increasing numbers of walkers are upping the ante and including a bit of scrambling in their big mountain days. Tom Hutton takes a look at the gear required when things become that little bit more vertical.
Walkers are walkers: it's easily defined. And climbers are climbers: even more distinct. But somewhere between the two there lies a semi-vertical twilight zone; where walkers employ hands as well as feet in order to keep heading upwards. In its simplest form, it's a steep, rocky section somewhere along the voie normale where the hands are suddenly brought into play, and a few simple climbing moves are needed to keep the show on the road.
