The person walking slowly may be the one who notices what everyone came to see.

Speed and attention pull against each other. Covering ground efficiently means most of it passes as background, and the group that arrives first at the viewpoint has often seen less than the person still coming up the path. Slowness is sometimes physical necessity rather than choice, and it still produces the better account of the walk. Being ahead is not the same as being there.

On your next outing, spend some of it at the back with whoever is slowest. Ask what they saw when you regroup rather than telling them what they missed. You may find the day’s best detail was found at that pace.