Word: pathless
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Most memorable was the case of Pilot Arthur Rigney and his passenger, I. J. Escalante, who elected to take a short cut across the pathless swamps south of Lake Okeechobee on their way to the races, instead of following the established airway from Tampa. The throttle rod of their Bird biplane broke; down the ship slanted, gently but permanently, into the 6-ft. swamp grass and ooze. Next noonday another pilot who was imprudent enough to fly the short-cut spotted the stranded plane, hurried on to Miami whence an autogiro and two Goodyear blimps were sent to the rescue...
...thrill of exploring a country which is practically unmapped, which the tourist has not invaded, is itself tremendous; but when, in following the bases of fantastically weathered slopes, such as those of Western Head, or ascending pathless mountain-ides by working one's way (always in the face of rock-slides) up the precipitous walls, as at Tucker's Head on Bonne Bay, one comes suddenly upon a plant occupying an area of only a few square rods and never before known to botanists, the excitement is intense...