A little bit of trivia my father taught me when I was young and we would head out for some distant lake to camp and fish. Every two hundred yards or so, we’d stop, turn around and study the terrain. That way you’d recognize the objects that stood out. Simple trick that saved my bacon over the years - hiking, riding, jeeping.
Wise.
I was taught the same thing. People look funny at me sometimes if they see me looking back, but I grew up hiking off trail in the Rincon Mountains east of Tucson. One kept an eye out for rattlesnakes, made certain you didn’t fall, and memorized the way back before you turned around.
I’m in my 60s now. Still like jogging in the desert. Still keep an eye out for rattlers, am careful not to fall, and sometimes stop and look at how it WILL look when I turn around and want to jog back!