No, stop that. That's bullshit and Will Gadd calls it out:
https://www.instagram.com/realwillgadd/p/CdoHJjag_QC/
Will Gadd and his friends are at an elite level. They would call most mountain climbing done in the continental US, summits like Mt. Baldy, "hiking."
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Will Gadd and his friends are at an elite level. They would call most mountain climbing done in the continental US, summits like Mt. Baldy, "hiking."