It always an eye-opening moment then you suddenly discover a new failure mode that you didn’t think existed. Well, I found one with Tena’s phone screen swap. Or on Big Coulee Road where I wiped out.
I broke the LCD while trying to remove it. As an afterthought it’s completely obvious how to do it right, but beforehand it wasn’t as obvious.
The same can be said about many other things in life. You can call it Monday-morning quarterbacking. Hindsight is 20/20. Whatever you want to call it, it’s a shock to the system when you’re in the middle of it.
The key to all of this is trying to figure out when you’re in the middle of a “learning experience” before you get to the hard-earned part. Much of risk-minimization is based on this. Much of MSF courses are as well.
Critical to all of this is not to be so risk averse that you never take any risks. The last thing you need on your death-bed is to be thinking “I really wish I got out more.” There’s a balance to all this that in many ways is quite meta to this whole topic. The only way you know you screwed up is after the fact.
Be safe. Take risks. Take safe risks!