Survey: When you go hiking do you find it easier going up or down a steep incline?

When I'm going up I find it easier going down, and when I'm going down I find it easier going up.

It's usually easier for me going down.

It's always easier going up a steep pitch than going down.

Going down you have to be very careful or you end up falling and rolling downhill. Whereas when you're going up, you're facing the mountain and even if you slip you fall forward into the mountain and you can quickly grab something. The one bad thing about going up a steep trail is you have to physically work harder and it saps the energy out of your legs faster.

Down a steep incline is more difficult. 

Up is always easier than going down. You slip a lot less going up. 

Going up definitely. Down is a b*tch on the knees, and I usually seek a gradual decline for that. 

if i hike, it's usually a stumble home from the pub....thankfully it's flat where i live.