Lucky there were no serious injuries. There doesn’t seem to be a paywall to see this short article. Excerpt below the link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/national-parks\/article\/google-map-rescue-22367661.php?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n A teen hiking group trusted Google Maps on a B.C. alpine trail. It ended in a helicopter rescue.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Howe Sound Crest Trail<\/a> is one of British Columbia\u2019s most iconic alpine trails, following a rugged ridgeline overlooking Howe Sound just north of Vancouver. Although the approximately 18-mile route with a 6,000-foot elevation gain can be completed by experienced trail runners in a day, search and rescue officials generally recommend hikers treat it as a two-day backpacking trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The teenagers, all 17 years old, believed Google Maps\u2019 estimate that the route would take about five hours. The printed directions they were carrying, which were shared publicly<\/a> by Lions Bay Search and Rescue, gave simple instructions for two legs of the trail, but didn\u2019t account for the terrain or elevation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c[Google Maps] is calculating the time that you\u2019re walking a straight road on pavement,\u201d Masiar said. \u201cWhen you get into outdoor terrain, that no longer holds true.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lucky there were no serious injuries. There doesn’t seem to be a paywall to see this short article. Excerpt below the link. https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/national-parks\/article\/google-map-rescue-22367661.php?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us A teen hiking group trusted Google Maps on a B.C. alpine trail. It ended in a helicopter rescue. The Howe Sound Crest Trail is one of British Columbia\u2019s most iconic alpine trails, … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-and-fitness","category-science-and-nature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16900"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16901,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16900\/revisions\/16901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}