1. A method for a node in a wireless network to forward a packet using a routing protocol, the method comprising: receiving the packet from an other node; and operating in a forward progress mode of the routing protocol, comprising: identifying neighbor nodes, for each identified neighbor node: determining a progress value based on an immediate hop from the node to the identified neighbor node; determining a prospect value based on any consequent hop from the identified neighbor node toward a destination node; and identifying a routing objection function value for the identified neighbor node based on one or more of the progress value and the prospect value; selecting one of the identified neighbor nodes as a selected neighbor node based on the identified routing objective function values; and sending the packet to the selected neighbor node.