Finished the Colorado Trail segment near Breckenridge solo

Ran into an older guy at a stream crossing who noticed I was checking my map too much and just said 'the trail tells you where to go if you stop thinking about it' - then he walked off before I could ask what he meant. Has anyone else had a random stranger say something simple like that which actually stuck?

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hannahk1922d ago

Wait did he mean like... stop overthinking the route and just go with your gut? That's kind of what I took from it but I'm still not sure if he was talking about navigation or something deeper. Like did he mean every trail is marked well enough if you just pay attention to the obvious signs, or was he hinting at trusting your instincts in general out there? I've had moments where I was so focused on my GPS I almost walked right past a cairn that was super obvious... wonder if that's what he was getting at.

emmaallen22d ago

He wasn't saying every trail is marked well. That's a dangerous take. He meant stop second-guessing your own eyes. I've done the same thing with GPS - staring at a screen while a cairn sits right there. The deeper point was about trusting what you see over what you think you should see. Instincts get buried under too much gear and data.