— In Yahoo Canyons Group, “Tom Jones”
Tom >
An unwillingness to follow directions is a bigger issue than not being able to read a map when using a guidebook/internet description? Tom,can you back up that statement with some examples?I’m not being a wiseguy,but would like to know(to avoid the same problem). In addition to swimming like a stone,I am also navagationally challenged.;-) Dave
Tom Jones
— In Yahoo Canyons Group, “davewyo1” wrote:
> An unwillingness to follow directions is a bigger issue than not > being able to read a map when using a guidebook/internet description? > Tom,can you back up that statement with some examples?I’m not being > a wiseguy,but would like to know(to avoid the same problem). > In addition to swimming like a stone,I am also navagationally > challenged.;-) > Dave > I have talked with two parties that have gotten lost in Right Fork:
Anne and Q could not read a topo map, but still would have been OK if they had continued to follow the directions. They did not, suffering from ‘following directions fatigue’. The navigation up to the escape point is fairly straightforward, and they had not looked at the directions for awhile, so they dropped down into the pothole section without re-visiting the directions.
The “Rescuer or Rescuee” group in Heaps had prior canyon experience getting lost in the Right Fork. In this case, their leader, Bao, declined to follow the directions because “it looked better this way”. This is the people who were led astray’s intepretation, not Bao’s statement. From the description of Bao, this was an example of the directions-asking-or-following blocking effect of testosterone.
Tom