About Ridgeline
A daily climb. Everyone gets the same 7 targets each day. For each one you have 30 seconds to name the thing closest to it, chosen from that round's list. The closer you get, the higher you climb, up to 8,400 m. Each day's climb has at least one question from every topic.
Want more? Topic climbs give you seven rounds from one topic, on that topic's own mountain, as often as you like. They're unranked and don't touch your streak or the boards.
How scoring works
Every answer on the list is ranked by how close it is to the target. Your rank sets your camp. Each point is 12 m of altitude.
| Camp | Needs | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Summit | The closest answer there is | 100 |
| Camp IV | Top 3 | 80 |
| Camp III | Top 10 | 60 |
| Camp II | Top 25 | 40 |
| Camp I | Top 50 | 20 |
| Base Camp | Any answer on the list | 5 |
| Slip | Time ran out | 0 |
Ties share the better rank. Lists like populations compare by ratio, so being 10% off counts the same for a small country as a large one.
What's stored, and where
- Your account and climbs are stored in one database on Ridgeline's server in London. They are never sold or shared. There are no analytics.
- There are no ads.
- Accounts store a username and a hashed password (bcrypt). Nobody can read your password back.
- Guests get an anonymous cookie so their climbs can be kept. Signing up moves those climbs to the account.
- Your sound setting is saved in this browser only.
- Topic climbs are kept with your account or guest cookie, apart from your daily climbs.
- Feedback you send is stored with the page you sent it from, your username if you're signed in, and the round if you reported one. Only puzzle setters can read it.
Questions or removing your data
Ridgeline is run by one independent puzzle setter. To ask a question, or to have your account and climbs deleted, send a note with your username. It lands on the puzzle desk, and deletions are done within 30 days.