Followers are people that have not yet become pioneers. A pioneer (or group of them) needs mastery of the various tradecrafts associated with their interest. If

Followers are people that have not yet become pioneers. A pioneer (or group of them) needs mastery of the various tradecrafts associated with their interest. If you consider that Lewis and Clark were pioneers then before their big trek they had mastered most of the essential survival skills needed in order to make the voyage. It may be worth noting that historically, pioneers are the people that followed the frontiersmen, so they were followers in the true sense of the word. But nowadays it seems that we use pioneer to mean someone pushing the boundaries, making discoveries...