Would you rather

[David Mary]

Go down a hill, up a hill, down a hill, up a hill, or up a hill, down a hill, up a hill, down a hill?

 

[Wild Willie]

Number 2, that way if the hills are large the easy part is last. I for one know that if the descent came before climbing a mountain peak, I wouldn't do it.

 

[lmalterna]

Depending on the weather- heavy weather= high ground.

 

[Boattale]

With bad knees, I'd rather it all be level or a little uphill. Downhill - especially steep downhill - is rough.

 

[Hurrul]

As an individual who has spent quite a few nights in the Grand Canyon, going down to start can be a real "suck it up" experience depending on how long the decent lasts and how fit one's down hill muscles are. Combine this with the agility needed while moving with gravity, which is a constantly encouraging force waiting to bring you quickly forward. The Grand Canyon is what opened my eyes to trekking/hiking poles, to save knees mainly while under pack weight going downhill for an entire day...

Uphill and then downhill, if I could choose...

 

[Wild Willie]

The Grand Canyon is what opened my eyes to trekking/hiking poles, to save knees mainly while under pack weight going downhill for an entire day...

I presumed that I'd have my stick. There's no way I'm tackling a steep downhill without one. I don't even want the dog without mine, for an entirely different purpose at that point though.

 

[David Mary]

I don't even want the dog without mine, for an entirely different purpose at that point though.

Gotta fight off them coyotes?

 

[David Mary]

With bad knees, I'd rather it all be level or a little uphill. Downhill - especially steep downhill - is rough.

That's a good point. I have good knees, and I still dislike walking downhill. Of course, if I had eyes on the back of my head or a rearview mirror I could just walk it backwards...

 

[Wild Willie]

Gotta fight off them coyotes?

Nah, a couple of neighbors dogs can be knuckleheads, and the beagle picks up atrocious nasties on the fly and tries to gobble them. A little rap on the rear end reminds her that I'm watching.

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

I'd rather end up, up.

 

[Wild Willie]

I'd rather end up, up.

What if your destination is down?

 

[Another Shepherd]

On a bicycle, if you go down then up, your momentum helps carry you part way up. If you go down at the end, that momentum is potentially wasted depending on what comes next.

 

[beeinak]

It would all depend on where the final spot is. I hate carrying loads going down steep hills.
Side-hilling is the worst though!

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

Number 2, that way if the hills are large the easy part is last. I for one know that if the descent came before climbing a mountain peak, I wouldn't do it.

This, every time I can recall.

 

[David Mary]

When I ride to the shop it is down a hill, up a hill, down a hill, up a hill. When I ride home it is the reverse. But the crosswind I usually deal with feels like a headwind in both directions.

 

[tinfoil hat timmy]

What if your destination is down?

I think the original post needs more context.

I refuse to answer without more context.

I'm stubborn

 

[David Mary]

Perhaps the beach? It is right at sea level, after all.

 

[BlindMouse2of3]

What beach? And time of year? Day or night?

 

[Hurrul]

When I ride to the shop it is down a hill, up a hill, down a hill, up a hill. When I ride home it is the reverse. But the crosswind I usually deal with feels like a headwind in both directions.

The last uphill push in the morning before you arrive to work, probably really stokes your inner forge right before making some knives.

Wind...probably a topic in need of it's own thread...

 

[David Mary]

morning before you arrive to work

Morning eh? Hmmmmm...