Google Maps Accused Of Suggesting Potentially Fatal Hiking Routes

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A Scottish mountaineering organization has accused Google Maps of directing its users to navigate a route up Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the British Isles that is “highly dangerous, even for experienced climbers” and “potentially fatal.” What do you think?

“Yeah, but the non-fatal route is two minutes longer.”

Jeff Demore, Holiday Engineer

“I’ll just Google mountaineering once I’m out there.”

Elisa Sabala, Spreadsheet Visualizer

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“I was wondering why it showed the route from the top of the mountain to the bottom as taking less than a minute.”

Roland Kauffman, Notary