Their older children all became doctors, but their youngest son chose/followed a different (career) 'path'.
His friends all went to college, but he chose to 'follow' a different path. [=to do something different]
He believes the average consumer is being 'led down the garden path' by the promises in advertisements.
(..) these slopes are now lifeless. Further north, they hold other dangers. Moving at miles an hour, an avalanche destroys everything in its path. In the American Rockies a avalanches devastate the slopes every winter. This huge mountain chain continues the great spine (..)2006 TvShow: Planet Earth Title: Mountains Season: 1 Episode 2