Like others have said, it all depends on the ridge. In this case it is the southern half of the Full Palisade Traverse[1] which is a very technical ridge with long sections of 5th class climbing[2].
One way of looking at is that these guys have been moving 12 +/- hours a day in the mountains for a few months now and they've covered just over 2 miles of the ridge in 10 hours today so it better be pretty hard!
Hi, longtime long-distance hiker here. It depends on the slope. Sometimes, ridge elevation can be relatively flat for long sections. Such sections would fall into the "hike" category.
One way of looking at is that these guys have been moving 12 +/- hours a day in the mountains for a few months now and they've covered just over 2 miles of the ridge in 10 hours today so it better be pretty hard!
[1] - https://www.pullharder.org/trip-reports/2012/07/02/full-pali... is a good account of this climb with some nice photos. [2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosemite_Decimal_System