Correcting Wrong Info On Route Page
Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2020 6:34 amBy chance, I found one piece of inconsistent info on a Route Page. It's the main route for a well-known mountain and that means it probably should be corrected. I was unable to find out what the SummitPost website procedure is for informing someone about it. Am I supposed to click on Additions & Corrections over on the right side of the Route Page and then enter the info there? Or . . . . am I supposed to send a private message to the person who is listed at the top of the Whitney Trail Route Page? If someone can let me know, then I will know what is expected the next time I encounter this situation.
In the meantime, I will use this post to explain what I discovered:
On the Whitney Trail Route Page for Mount Whitney, in the Route Description section, it says:
1. Trailhead (Mile 0.0; 8,637')
8,637 feet is quite a big difference from the following Internet sources:
The main SummitPost webpage for Mount Whitney says (3 separate times actually) that the Whitney Portal trailhead is at an elevation of 8,365 feet
The Wikipedia page for Mount Whitney and the following National Park Service webpage say the Whitney Portal trailhead is at an elevation of 8,360 feet (which is pretty close to 8,365):
https://www.nps.gov/seki/planyourvisit/whitney.htm
I think the problem is that it's easy for our eyes to switch the numbers 6 and 3 and read the number incorrectly because we are in too much of a hurry.
In the meantime, I will use this post to explain what I discovered:
On the Whitney Trail Route Page for Mount Whitney, in the Route Description section, it says:
1. Trailhead (Mile 0.0; 8,637')
8,637 feet is quite a big difference from the following Internet sources:
The main SummitPost webpage for Mount Whitney says (3 separate times actually) that the Whitney Portal trailhead is at an elevation of 8,365 feet
The Wikipedia page for Mount Whitney and the following National Park Service webpage say the Whitney Portal trailhead is at an elevation of 8,360 feet (which is pretty close to 8,365):
https://www.nps.gov/seki/planyourvisit/whitney.htm
I think the problem is that it's easy for our eyes to switch the numbers 6 and 3 and read the number incorrectly because we are in too much of a hurry.