[at-l] Glossary Question

[kahley@ptd.net (kahley)]

At 01:34 PM 6/20/02 -0400, you wrote:
>Okay, just what does the verb "slab" mean?
Our glossary says.......


Slab
      Poorly constructed, unleveled, trail running perpendicular to the
      slope of the terrain causing a hiker to hike with one foot constantly
      higher than the other.

>As in a guidebook
>description: "Slabbing the ridge, the Trail passes east of the
>summit..."  Would one also be "slabbing" when hiking the same
>stretch in the other direction?
>
>Wondering before I go wandering,
>
>Kurt
>Concordia
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