Vent: Phone maps left me stranded until I dug out my paper one
I was halfway up a ridge in the Sawtooths when my hiking app just quit, lol. No service meant I couldn't reload it or call for help. I had a crumpled topo map in my pack that I almost didn't bring. Using the contour lines, I figured out a way down to a river I couldn't see from the trail. That river led me to a forest road and back to my car by dark. Honestly, if you only use your phone, you're asking for trouble in the wild. Always pack a real map, it's that simple, lmao.