Ground leads, thought is close behind. You are steady and you are watchful — the one who has already considered the thing everyone else is about to worry about.
You do not move quickly, and that has been read as caution when it was usually accuracy. You would rather be right in an hour than fast and wrong now, and the record is on your side.
A ridge is the high ground you get to by walking, not by flying. Nothing about your vantage point was given to you. That is worth remembering on the days you feel slow.