I know that quite a few people use SOTA as part of their fitness regime. If you do this, you may find the Endomondo smart-phone app to be useful. It plots your route and can also post to facebook so you can brag about all those amazing ascents.
As far as I can make out, it does not need a network connection other than for downloading maps and posting so it should work in wilderness areas.
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Richard
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