I've actually been a victim of something similar. Visiting a state park I followed a random popular trail I found on All trails. It turns out it was popular bec

I've actually been a victim of something similar. Visiting a state park I followed a random popular trail I found on All trails. It turns out it was popular because it took rock climbers to the face of a rock wall up a steep sketchy slope. By the time I looked behind me I realized I was in "slip and hopefully not die" territory. In retrospective it's funny how much faith I put in the All trails map and trudged on before I had the wherewithal to turn around. As someone with a lot of hiking experience it was a humbling lesson to learn. It also didn't help that I have experience rock climbing, I think I was on auto pilot while scrambling, which probably would have made others pause sooner.