Yeah, that moment when you're staring at a washed-out trail with a five-year-old book in your hand is a special kind of dread. Got caught like that once up in the North Cascades, trusting a faded forest service map instead of checking online. Ended up backtracking three miles in the dark, the whole woods getting that weirdly quiet, spooky feel. Now I'm obsessive about cross-referencing at least two recent sources, like AllTrails comments and the ranger's recorded line, which is a total pain but absolutely worth the five minutes.

Andromeda going from a guess to a sure thing? That's INSANE. I can't believe you were stumbling in the dark for so long, that sounds MISERABLE.