I think there is a big difference in nomenclature.

Contemporarily the term “hiking” just means “walking on something other than a sidewalk”. A person can have “extensive hiking experience” if they regularly visit green spaces on a regular basis and put on miles walking sub-urban trails contained therein.

The skills we think of as orienteering just aren’t recognized as useful anymore due to the perception that trails will be marked with frequent reminders as to where a person is and the direction hey need to be headed in the form of signage. This is what gets people like the lady referenced in the OP into trouble.

They take that arrangement for granted and you can see when you visit Nat’l Parks that the nanny state has caught on; there are signs and railings EVERYWHERE.