01 · upstream
What a spot holds
Not a pin. Everything the next person needs to stand where you stood, and to decide before setting off whether they should.
- Photos and the way in. Written by whoever found it — "follow river trail past mill" beats a blue line.
- Difficulty, one to five. Easy, Moderate, Hard, Very Hard, Extreme — coloured, so a list can be scanned without being read.
- What kind of place. Waterfall, viewpoint, peak, cave, lake, ruins, forest.
- The practical things. Where to park, whether dogs can come, the seasons it's worth the drive.
- Who sees it. Everyone, your followers, or one group. A place you'd rather stayed quiet can stay quiet.
02 · the current
The way in
Directions run out where the path does. So the route is recorded by walking it.
- Record as you walk. Distance, time and metres climbed, tracked with the screen locked and shown on the Lock Screen while it runs.
- Your door stays yours. Trim the start of a recording before it's saved, so the line never begins at home.
- GPX in and out. Bring a track from a watch, hand yours to anyone who asks.
- A compass for the last stretch. When the track ends and the spot is still four hundred metres through trees.
03 · the pool
Arrive when the light does
The difference between a photograph and a snapshot is usually forty minutes. Every spot works out its own golden hour from its own coordinates.
- Sun times per spot. Sunrise, sunset and both golden hours, computed on the phone — no server, no account, no signal needed.
- Weather that's actually there. Temperature, range and wind from Open-Meteo, for that ridge rather than the nearest city.
- A reminder 45 minutes before. Long enough to get boots on and drive somewhere near.
04 · the undercut
Where there's no signal
The moment you need the route is the moment the bars go. Saving a spot copies it to the phone — that's the whole feature.
- Photos, route and details, offline. Plus a picture of the map with the track, the parking and the spot drawn on it.
- Check in anyway. It waits on the phone and goes up the moment there's signal again.
- Nothing to switch on. If the network's gone, the saved copy is simply what you see.
05 · the confluence
The people who go
A feed of what's changed at places you care about — not a feed of strangers performing.
- Conditions, not just praise. "Bridge is out", "dry all week, it's a trickle" — dated, and from someone who was there.
- Fixes anyone can suggest. The barrier's been up since spring; the creator accepts it with one tap.
- Lists worth sharing. Wild swims, autumn, places to show someone — shareable by link, and a private spot on a shared list stays private.
- Tell someone where you're going. Where, when you'll be back, and up to five people who'll know if you're not.
- Groups, trips and a calendar. Private and invite-only, for the handful of people you actually go with.