Alpine Scrambling

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Alpine scrambling or simply, scrambling is a method of climbing rocky ridges and rocky faces. It is somewhat like rock climbing and hill walking. Scrambling is easily differentiated with hill walking in a sense that scrambling uses the hands in the ascent. The difference of scrambling can be defined as, an ascent wherein the hands are mainly used to hold the body weight of the climber instead of just using the hands for maintaining the body’s balance. The mountaineers climbing organization describes scrambling as off trail trips which has a non technical place of destination. In simpler terms, a non technical destination is one that is reached without using any climbing equipment except for the hands.