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c/backpacking-routesclairer79clairer7916d agoMost Upvoted

TIL I was reading contour lines wrong for 8 years

On a trip in the Smokies last month, I kept picking routes that looked flat on the map but turned out to be constant climbs. A guy at the shelter pointed out I was counting only the bold lines, not the thinner ones in between. Now I check the interval on every map first, took me way too long to figure that out. Anyone else have a map-reading habit they had to unlearn?
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