Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in the UK. A tender 1345m ASL but starts more or less at sea level so actually a solid piece of rock.
On the one hand, duh, how stupid can people be to only trust a mobile phone for directions in the mountains.
But then I guess there is a whole generation of adults now who grew up with phone apps or websites being the authoritative answer in so many areas of life. It may not be just stupidity keeping them from looking at a paper map. How many of them were ever shown one?
I’m assuming it was recent teenagers who got confused by Google Maps, but even if not, the broader point stands.
On the one hand, duh, how stupid can people be to only trust a mobile phone for directions in the mountains.
But then I guess there is a whole generation of adults now who grew up with phone apps or websites being the authoritative answer in so many areas of life. It may not be just stupidity keeping them from looking at a paper map. How many of them were ever shown one?
I’m assuming it was recent teenagers who got confused by Google Maps, but even if not, the broader point stands.