chalmers’ confidence in a short route caused a long detour

Evidence

There is a most romantic place called Estes Park, at a height of 7,500 feet, which can be reached by going down to the plains and then striking up the St. Vrain Canyon, but this is a distance of fifty-five miles, and as Chalmers was confident that he could take me over the mountains, a distance, as he supposed, of about twenty miles, we left at mid-day yesterday, with the fervent hope, on my part, that I might not return. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 76

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: A confident guide turned the party opposite to its destination and got lost — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 178; Fear physically paralyzed a confident traveler on the mountainside — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 114

Broader Connections

• A confident guide turned the party opposite to its destination and got lost #exemplifies (0.85) — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 178
• Fear physically paralyzed a confident traveler on the mountainside #complicates (0.72) — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 114