If you are an experienced user of topographic maps you will get a chuckle out of this article. The author gives a personal account of how not paying close attention to contour lines can result in navigation problems.
The real story, however, is his description of the Red River Gorge Geological Area which has more than 100 sandstone arches - the greatest concentration of arches and natural bridges east of the Rocky Mountains. Sounds like it's worth a trip - but brush up on your map reading before you make the trip.
Read more at
Charleston.Net
# posted by MapWatch @ Wednesday, July 28, 2004
