High Sierra Topix

Wandering Daisy wrote:One part of being experienced is knowing how to handle being temporarily lost and not panic.

Exactly, in fact, being temporarily anything unexpected and not panic is a sign of experience. Panic is the number one killer. It goes the other way as well. Complacency can get you into places you really didn't belong. I learned this many years ago in sport diving. There's an old adage that new divers embolize and old divers bend.