Annals of Oops–Best Not to Believe What You Read: (except in TWC, of course). For example, TRAIL magazine, in its February 2004 issue, helpfully tells hikers how to safely get down from Scotland’s Ben Nevis, which is Britain’s tallest peak and is notorious for its atrocious weather. Except…editors mistakenly removed two crucial bearings from the version of the article that eventually went to print. That would be bad enough, if the misleading bearings simply got hikers lost, or walked them into a bramble patch. But, as printed, the article would direct unwitting hikers, feeling their way through cloud, fog and rain, right off the edge of a sheer cliff on the 1,320 meter mountain, plunging them into the hiker-eating “Gardyloo Gully.” The error was spotted by the eagle-eyed Scottish Mountaineering Council, which published a warning on its website. TRAIL editor Guy Proctor was apologetic, but was hopeful that anyone hiking on Ben Nevis would be carrying a proper map (instead of a copy of his inaccurate rag, I presume)……



Ben Nevis Brouhaha: “I don’t give a damn what your map says, Gertrude. The magazine says we turn left HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERE……….”