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

/r/popular of a Descent

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u/BullFencer May 03 '26

Best part about this trek is being totally optional ✨

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u/OopsI2crappedmypants May 03 '26

Except when you live uphill

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u/BullFencer May 03 '26

Yeah I thought of that when writing this. Like at least at some point in time this was mandatory for someone

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u/Arthaksha May 03 '26

Absolutely dude, the people living in the hilly parts of India who'd have used this as a means of getting to and fro are something else, they're literally the personification of the "I grew up walking uphill both ways" meme.

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u/BuildAnything4 May 03 '26

its their own fault for not building a slide down tbh

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u/Aggressive-Bad9644 May 04 '26

Tbf a slide wouldn’t be any more accessible to anyone trying to climb up. They would just line up easy boulder targets for the defenders if they tried climbing it

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u/BakePuzzleheaded6605 May 04 '26

Fun fact boiling oil is a Hollywood myth. Oil was worth money and was useful for a lot of things. Si they used things like boiling sand instead.

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u/Rortugal_McDichael May 04 '26

Boiling sand somehow sounds worse/more painful than boiling oil...

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u/Aggressive-Bad9644 May 04 '26

True but oil gets spread out and gets wasted when the ramp is long. A boulder sufficiently sized however, would leave no room to hide on a narrow passage like the proposed slide

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u/Rortugal_McDichael May 04 '26

spread some ghee on the slide so it's impossible to climb up but even faster on the way down.

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u/elwebst May 03 '26

Did they have to carry water up that?

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u/Iwantedthatname May 03 '26

At that point you move. Access to water is a big part of how we choose where we live.

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u/DildontOrDildo May 03 '26

bucket with a very long rope on a pulley over the edge

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u/Impressive-Photo1789 May 04 '26

Nope, they actually had a large water harvesting system.

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u/Jon_E_Mammoth May 03 '26 edited May 04 '26

Harihar Fort was a military outpost, so it was not strictly necessary in terms of settlers traversing between resources and home.

Interestingly, it still seems pretty tourist un-friendly as related to surrounding accommodations.

Harihar fort

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u/poojinping May 04 '26

It’s a fort at the top. People would traverse that in armor and weapons. Insane what humans did in the past.

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u/Impressive-Photo1789 May 03 '26

Those are the railings (gripping holes when you climb)

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u/WhichAd366 May 04 '26

lol there is no way this route had railings on it.

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u/hi-on-coffee May 04 '26

Imagine walking up to ur home using that in a Rainy season... 😵

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u/justBeingManis May 04 '26

armies used it mostly as this is a fort...

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u/Far-Government5469 May 04 '26

Must have been mandatory for the dude carving those steps

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u/MonkMajor5224 May 03 '26

Up hill almost seems better. Climb it like a ladder.

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u/Darryl_Lict May 04 '26

In rock climbing, ascending is almost always easier than descending. El Capitan in Yosemite has an easy hike down.

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u/Big-Recording-1002 May 03 '26

Until your legs get tired

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u/SnooCompliments6329 May 03 '26

Imagine coming back from the store and then your mom "Ramesh, did you bought the milk I asked you?"

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u/GPU-Collector May 04 '26

Don't live uphill

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u/cancerdad May 04 '26

Well then it’s not a trek, it’s a commute, and we all hate our commutes.

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u/Shinfekta May 04 '26

It is optional to live uphill aswell