On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 4:08 AM, Friedrich Volkmann <[email protected]> wrote:
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/register > > This is for books where people enter their names, routes and comments. > These > books are located on peaks, along trails, in buildings and in caves. > In German we call them Gipfelbuch, Steigbuch, Hüttenbuch, Gästebuch, > Höhlenbuch, Pilgerbuch, Turmbuch... > English terminology seems more ambiguous. I took the word that seems most > common. May be related to the United States Department of Agriculture's National Forest Service use permits. Typically a small wooden box with some pencils and waterproof application cards inside, on which you are either strongly encouraged or legally obligated to spell out where you're going, who's with you, when you're expected back, what trailhead you parked at and what your vehicle's registration plate (or serial number in case of vehicles that don't require a plate). Usually no charge (and often there's a warning encouraging people not to donate cash in the box). Rangers typically check these weekly or so, as well as before bad weather, empty out the filled out cards and resupply them so they know who didn't come back, who needs rescue, and where they need to hike to in order to warn people to get off the mountain.
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