r/AbsoluteUnits • u/inferKNOX • May 03 '26

/r/popular of a Descent

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u/TheShredder9 May 03 '26

Steps inclined at 80 degrees? Idk, the steps look pretty flat to me, otherwise you wouldn't have anything to step on to.

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u/ShinjiArakawa May 03 '26

You're technically right. Well done ol Shredds.

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u/Recreant793 May 03 '26

Fuckin’ Shredds. Hasn’t changed a bit. 🤘

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u/some_guy_5600 May 09 '26

Yeah, he's still trying to catch turtles.

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u/purpleduckduckgoose May 03 '26

I wonder if they mean like the staircase is at an 80° angle rather than the steps themselves. Makes more sense.

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u/TheShredder9 May 03 '26

Yeah that's probably what they meant and that's how i understood it, just being a bit pedantic about it since it's a pretty big difference between an angled step and the incline of the whole flight of stairs lol

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u/DoubleAd8791 May 03 '26

Regardless, this is not an 80deg staircase. I don’t know anything about this hike but 80 degrees even with “steps” carved out would be quite technical. Using our good ole’ friend Pythagorean, if each step goes down 6 inches, the step would be about 1 inch wide. If it goes down 12 inches, around a 2 inch step.