Hot take: The Appalachian Trail in Vermont nearly broke me last October

I was 3 days north of Manchester Center when a freak rainstorm hit around dusk. My map got so soaked it basically dissolved in my hands, and I had no cell signal at all. I ended up hunkering down under a rock ledge for 6 hours until dawn broke and I could roughly guess my direction. Lost half a day and my boots were waterlogged for a week after that. Has anyone else had a paper map totally fall apart on them during a trip?

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the_viola10h ago

Wait, your map literally turned into mush in your hands?

the_patricia10h ago

Three rivers, two wrong turns, and @the_viola holding a wet paper towel.