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by carabiner 22 days ago
Read the headline - sounds like a therapy / anti-suicide advocacy app?

Clicked the link - ok looks like it's for ski touring, because it mentions avalanche stuff?

Checked the route catalog - wait, there's barely any ski tours here and it's a bunch of random hikes from around the country. Why is avalanche risk highlighted when 99% of hikers are probably gonna stay home if there's a big snowstorm? Is this by chance your personal hiking history? Why these hikes in particular?

Are avalanches the only way someone can die outdoors? What about snake bites, heat exhaustion, drowning etc.?

I am not sure what the app actually does vs gaia, alltrails, nwac app. The site only has one screenshot. What does this app add?

1 comments

Unfortunately I think you've given far more thought into the concept than OP has
Possibly because OP might have one-shot vibe-coded this app with a single sentence as an LLM wrapper.