trail blazing
Forging new paths
Trail blazing is the act of marking a path through wilderness, originally by cutting marks into trees or leaving other signs for followers.
The term extends to any pioneering effort—being the first to do something others will later imitate: Her trail blazing work in genetics opened new research directions.
As an adjective, trail-blazing describes innovative or groundbreaking achievements: a trail-blazing approach to urban planning.
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
- pathfindingCalculating efficient travel routes
- innovatingCreating original methods
- cutting edgeMost advanced currently available
- first moverOne acting before others
groundbreaking · new ground · frontier · uncharted territory · wilderness · virgin forest · explorer · uncharted · forging · cutting · machete · brush · markers · orange · trees · hiking · off the beaten path · adventure
- Adventuresadventure, expedition, exploration, exploring, journey
- hiking activitieswalking, climbing, trekking, backpacking, scrambling
- jungle activitiesjungle safari, wildlife spotting, animal tracking, foraging, tree climbing
- outdoor adventureshiking, wilderness camping, backpacking, trekking, mountaineering
- outdoor recreation historynational parks, mountaineering, wilderness preservation, John Muir, Teddy Roosevelt
- trailshiking paths, path, footpath, walking path, forest path
trail blazingfollowing
Coming after another
imitating · copying · conforming · conventional · traditional
trail blazingbringing up the rear
tagging along · following the crowd · following · lagging behind · trailing behind
trail blazingplaying it safe
Avoiding unnecessary risk
staying in one's lane · risk-averse · cautious · conservative · timid
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