Hikers in the mountains: how a navigator turned a walk into a 14-hour expedition

Group of hikers with backpacks walking along a mountain trail toward a fjord — the result of a Google Maps error that sent them on a 14-hour expedition instead of a short walk

The photo shows a group of hikers with heavy backpacks ascending a scenic mountain trail leading to a fjord. Their route, calculated by Google Maps, turned out not to be a walk but a 14-hour expedition — a vivid example of how technology can fail in the wild.

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