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Are you Experienced?
Four men rescued from the Cairngorms yesterday have been criticised by their rescuers, because of their lack of navigational skills. They had ‘decent’ equipment. One of the rescued said “It just goes to show no matter how much you think you’re experienced, you never know what the weather is going to throw at you.”
One dictionary definition of experienced is ‘having knowledge or skill in a particular field, esp. a profession or job, gained over a period of time’.
Trouble is, the word is used mostly for those who have done something for a long time. Doing something a lot, or for a considerable length of time, does not make you experienced.
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