It is a good story to exemplify perseverance and instinctual leadership.
However, I grew up in a forest area. The backyard of my house was a big forest where some farmers had planted cocoa, coffee, bananas, mango, and other edible plants. But it also had huge trees and lots of good-for-nothing bushes. Well, they were good to get people lost in the forest :)
When my friends and i got lost, which happened a lot, it was always a reason to fight to follow the instruction of someone who allegedly knew our way home.
When we did find the right path that person was hailed a hero, but when we got on the wrong track and night fell on us we wanted that person's head on a pike! :)
Following one's instincts may be a good thing, but following informed guesses is better. He who has the valuable information at hand has the upper hand. It is easier to follow a leader or a certain path on our own if we are certain that we will find that cabin in the woods and not certain death by freezing.
You guys have a great day. Stay away from the snow (thoe of you in the northern areas) :)