Originally Posted by Iceaxe
Just a heads up.... be careful using time when writing a route description. I used some beta this past weekend and it had some problems...
A little background... the person who shared the beta with me is a very strong hiker.... and I was canyoneering with my wife who is not a speedster....
The beta said hike 30 minutes to a side drainage, we hit the side drainage in less than 9 minutes (1/4 mile actual distance), decided that was the wrong drainage and hiked anther 15 minutes up canyon before realizing it was the correct drainage. That cost us 30 minutes total.
Next instruction said hike 10 minutes to a side drainage, we walked 2 minutes and 18 seconds to the drainage (250 yards actual distance). But this time I was aware that the times were bogus and guessed correctly we had hit the correct waypoint.
The beta had two other bad errors, one said hike 2 minutes (25 yards actual distance) which was actually 15 seconds. Next was hike 3 minutes (30 yards actual distance) which was 20 seconds.
Anyhoo..... be care using time unless you actually time it. I've notice when people guess at time they are usually way off.... much better to guess at distance, most people are pretty good at estimating distance.
Just thought I'd share that little tip with you....
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