stellachen•14d agoMost Upvoted

Took a shortcut on the Salkantay trek and almost got lost for 3 hours

I followed a faint side trail near the Salkantay Pass thinking it would shave off a mile, but it dead-ended on a cliff with no view markers. Has anyone else tried skipping sections of that route and ended up way off track?

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the_wren14d ago

Guess you found the scenic route to nowhere, congrats.

stella_lane14d agoMost Upvoted

I got lost like that once driving through the Smoky Mountains on a family trip. We ended up on a gravel road that just kept going and going with no turnoffs. Finally I pulled over, pulled out my old paper map, and figured out where we were. Sometimes you just have to stop and get your bearings before things get worse.