Text 1: The path above the tide, by Elin Morgan
An original contemporary online feature.
The coast path looked broad and dry when our group set off from the village, but the ground narrowed where it rounded the headland. Rain had loosened the chalk there, and the guide stopped us well back from a crack that crossed the path. A few minutes later, a piece of the outer edge broke away and dropped to the beach below.
The wind strengthened as we walked. It pushed at our backs on the outward stretch, then made the return climb feel twice as steep. Spray blew over the wall and left the steps slick. One walker slipped and cut a palm on the stone, though she was able to carry on.
We had checked the tide times before leaving, but clouds made the light fade sooner than expected. At the lower cove, our guide turned us round rather than risk the narrow path after dark. The tide was already covering the rocks where we had paused for lunch.
Text 2: Lost in the mist above Cwm Eira, by A Correspondent
An original newspaper report written in a nineteenth-century voice; a period simulation, not an archival document.
In this newspaper report from 1874, a journalist describes three walkers who lost their way on a Welsh mountain ridge.
On Tuesday evening a party of three gentlemen, visitors to the district, were brought down from the ridge above Cwm Eira, a mist having settled upon the hills shortly before dusk. They had left the beaten track to avoid a stretch flooded by the late rains, and in the thickening mist they lost sight of the line of stone cairns which marks the way back to the village.
One of the party had turned his ankle upon the loose stones and could not walk without assistance. His companions shouted for some time from the hollow beneath the ridge, but no one heard them. At length one of them climbed to higher ground, where his cries reached a shepherd, who ran to the village and returned with four men and lanterns.
The gentlemen were found cold and much fatigued, but took no lasting harm, and were guided down before the frost came on. We would remind visitors that the mist upon these hills comes on with great suddenness, and that a path well known by day may be lost in a few minutes, especially by those who leave the track.
Using information from both texts, explain briefly what dangers the walkers faced.
You should make it clear which text you are referring to.
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