Laam: Offline Trek Agent

Laam is a trekking companion for the Himalaya that keeps working where the network doesn't. OFFLINE MAPS Download a region or a whole trek before you go — street and topographic layers, stored on your phone. The map draws, the pins show and your route records with the radio off. RECORD YOUR TREK Distance, time, elevation gain and steps, sampled while the phone is in your pocket and the screen is off. Your route is saved to your own private account so a lost phone doesn't cost you the trek. It is never shown to other trekkers. TRAIL REPORTS FROM PEOPLE AHEAD OF YOU Read what other trekkers found at the places you are walking to: a broken bridge, a closed teahouse, a spring that has run dry, a junction that is easy to miss, where the trash goes, where to get help. Post your own with a photo, and validate someone else's when you reach the same spot. WHEN THERE IS NO SIGNAL, PHONES PASS IT ALONG Laam can carry public trail reports phone-to-phone over Bluetooth, including relaying other trekkers' reports through yours. A report made high on the trail can reach the valley in someone's pocket. You can turn this off at any time. STORM WARNING FROM YOUR OWN BAROMETER Your phone's pressure sensor is read while you walk, and a falling trend is flagged before the weather arrives — no forecast, no connection needed. AN AI GUIDE THAT RUNS ON YOUR PHONE Ask about your route, your plan or the conditions and get an answer computed on the device itself, with no signal and no server. Your questions stay on your phone; only a weather question looks up that place's forecast, when you have signal. IN NEPALI AND ENGLISH The whole app, including place names. YOUR TREKS STAY YOURS Your route and location history are private to your account. Only the reports you choose to post are public, and those carry your name and the place they describe — that is what makes them useful to the next trekker. Laam is for adults: you must be 18 or older to create an account. Reading the community feed works without one.