Knowing that neither know what they're doing, doesn't give anyone the right to get themselves or others into trouble by being impatient.
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This used to be part of the Trails homepage on this wixsite, but I've decided to clean things up a bit.
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On a hike, there are two kinds of people: (1) hikers, and (2) non-hikers. On a hike, it's actually the non-hikers who usually cause the fewest problems. ...because they just simply stay at home, and don't bother the hikers while they're out hiking. It's the hikers that actually bother each other, and, ultimately, themselves as well - and often while they're not even on a hike either! Hikers can furthermore be divided into two subgroups: (1) experienced hikers, and (2) inexperienced hikers. If you still wonder which one of the two you might be, then you still don't have enough experience to know the difference, and you are, therefore, per definition, still an inexperienced hiker. If you think you are an experienced hiker, think again. There will always be a trail which you have not yet experienced, and, per definition, you are, therefore, then also an inexperienced hiker. If you know that you are an inexperienced hiker, then you are, thankfully, at least sufficiently experienced to realise that you are, per definition, an inexperienced hiker. ...And that's just as good as it's ever gonna to get. Then... the hikers, inexperienced as they all are, can all be grouped together in a further single subgroup: (1) misjudgers. Misjudgers, however, can be divided into two subgroups: (1) requirement misjudgers, and (2) ability misjudgers. Requirement misjudgers also often misjudge abilities, and ability misjudgers also often misjudge requirements. Then, ability misjudgers can also be divided into two further subgroups: (1) selvers, and (2) otherers. Selvers misjudge the requirements as far as their own abilities are concerned. They think they can (can't), but they actually can't (can). Otherers misjudge the requirements as far as others' abilities are concerned. They think that because they can (can't), others can (can't) also. This just causes much unhappiness either way for everybody. It's a mess. So, if you're reading this, you're probably a hiker, and, per definition, an inexperienced one at that, i.e. a misjudger of your own and others' abilities to meet, or exceed, the requirements of any particular hike. Regardless of how you might classify yourself, or not, you will probably furthermore manifest on a hike, or on a WhatsApp group, as a blamer and/or complainer. That is, a blamer of others who disregard your complaining about your own discomfort. Just like I'm doing here right now: blaming you for my discomfort in complaining about how much I complain about how you disregard my complaining. ...and discomfort. ...about your disregard. ...for my complaining. etc. Whatever. My day-job is as a Maths and Science study facilitator. One of the questions we Maths teachers hear on a fairly regular basis, is, "...But, Sir... Where will we ever use this in real life?" (You could just hear the whining in their voice there, couldn'ya? Yeah, I know you could. ...because we've all whined like that ourselves.) The best answer I've got to that question, is the following:
Butterflies struggle against their chrysalises. Mountaineers struggle against the elements. Mathematicians struggle against themselves. Overcoming obstacles builds character.
On one level, I'm saying, that they are using Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Calculus, etc. to build character in their lives - already! - like they can with no other subject. What I'm trying to say here, is that, like Maths, we hike just exactly because it's hard - it builds character. We learn, and get a better appreciation of, how we, and others, truly are becoming ever-increasingly more of who we have been created to be ever since always... On another level, of course, I'm saying, "Just get over yourself already, will ya? Just shut up, do the work, and become a better person." Both messages, though, no matter how I say it, actually mean the same thing. Decide what you want to hear.
However, knowing that you are a blaming, complaining, inexperienced misjudger of your own and others' abilities to meet, or exceed, the requirements of any particular hike, does not give you the right to get yourself and/or others into trouble because you tried a tougher, more dangerous hike lower down on the Trails list on the homepage before first having done the easier, safer hike before it in the list.
...But the other thing that gets me even more, is that many others of you never even try the easier, safer hikes, because you think you'll never be able to do the tougher, more dangerous ones either.
Whoever you are, wherever you come from, whatever you've done, whatever you dream, just start at the top of the list, and work your way down, and everything will be OK. ...
Just. Be. Patient.
2023feb20mon
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