Optimism + Sunk Cost Fallacy = Underbiking

There was a nice two track into the woods under some power lines, so I figured it was simply a continuation of the bike trail. It slowly decayed to where I was knee deep in mud that tried to eat my flip flops, bushes high enough to scratch my elbows, and power lines hanging low enough I had to crawl under them. After surviving the hour of bikewhacking, I learned that I could get a ride from…