JonetCol wrote:I think I'm a decent navigator, but you can't always be sure exactly where you are without GPS. If you look at walk reports/guides there are several which say "when you reach the cairn, remember the true summit is.....xxx metres to the.etc.."
I was walking in KIntail, pre GPS days, and asked a group I came across if I was on the best track for the summit. I got the "if you don't know that you shouldn't be here" crap. . I let them know what I thought of them and carried on.. I made it no problem, but an otherwise good day was spoiled a bit.
What incredibly pompous people you met that day. It just looks like a form of bullying or some sort of deranged superiority complex to me.
I normally wouldn't offer or ask for advice while out on the hills but I have done both in the past.
I guess you never know what sort of response you are going to get but I wouldn't worry about it too much.
Glad you gave that idiots a piece of your mind and hopefully it helped them to modify their manner thereafter