Walking6 min read
Reading a walking map where the contour lines tighten
Crowded contour lines reveal a steep hillside, but a walker's route depends on the contour interval, map scale and the path's direction through the slope.
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Crowded contour lines reveal a steep hillside, but a walker's route depends on the contour interval, map scale and the path's direction through the slope.
At the end of a perfectly pleasant walk, I looked at the distance and felt oddly disappointed. The trees had been good. The conversation had been good. We had stopped beside a stream and watched
We stopped at the halfway tree and stayed there for ten minutes. Not because anything had gone wrong. Not because we needed to assemble a lesson about slowing down. There was a comfortable place to