I'm just crap on directions. I used to pack lots of map segments for every ride assuming I'd get dropped someplace far from home. Having said that, I've never asked for directions. It's not a guy thing or anything, it's just that I enjoy riding and figure if I'm not dead, I can keep riding until I recognize something. I do more hiking now and it's pretty much the same thing, only when I'm in the mountains I carry a DeLorme Inreach 2-way satellite communicator. I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid.