Sometimes you can find a mid ground between going for it and landing out versus turning tail and heading for home.

With another airport reachable, you can keep trying until you can't, then land and get an aero retrieve. Sometimes you climb out at the airport and you get back on course. Sometimes you land, talk to the nice folks at the field and get home in time for happy hour. Either way all is safe and ready to fly another day.

Probably not points optimal if everybody lands out, but I'm not that hard core and it sets up for the next day nicely.