gradeyield
/ˈɡreɪdˌjiːld/nounVerified NewThe convention determining which of two trail users cedes the path on a slope.
Who steps aside — the climber or the descender — is settled locally and enforced with smiles and micro-apologies. The ruling happens wordless in seconds and gets re-run with every encounter; visitors are its main casualties.
Etym. — grade + yield: the ruling is made by the slope, not the people on it.
Rel. — leftcall
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