Originally Posted by
Mr. Beanz
Of course, I don't argue that you can make it up at a slower speed using less force and it does equal more work as far as length of ride adding a few more feet traveled. I may be incorrect but in your other post, it seems that you make switchbacking out to be harder than going straight up. Maybe I misunderstood the statement.

Yeah. It's more total work, but less peak force and power. You gotta be careful with the definition of "harder".