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Julia Clarke

Disaster! Your phone just died in the middle of a hike, and you were using it to navigate – now what do you do?

Hiker's hand holding a phone with AllTrails app.

Like most things in modern life, technology has made hiking a whole lot easier. Looking for a new trail? There’s an app for that. Just download AllTrails and you can search for trails near you, filter them by what you do and don’t want to see, and even check the conditions along the way. When you’ve found a route you like the look of, download it to your phone, hit start, and follow the pointer.

But what happens when you pull your phone out of your pocket and realize the battery is dead?

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