[larsdangly]

I believe this is an issue of folks having trouble drawing a line between things characters are implicitly assumed to know how to do vs. those that are described by a talent. In this respect, it is a little like the debate OSR fans have over thief skills vs. non-thieves doing broadly similar things. In any case, my interpretation is that Woodsman talent gives you Aragorn-like skills in the wilds, and that people who lack that talent will get along fine in generally familiar and only-semi-hostile surroundings, but are in trouble if they put themselves somewhere really inhospitable.