Am I the only one who always brings a spare phone battery bank when hiking? That extra pound or two of weight = GPS, compass, flashlight, communications, etc in a pinch. Heck, the last time I got lost (5-10 years ago) it was a simple matter of combining an offline map of the area + climbing on top a ridge for a solid GPS fix and then picking the direction that guaranteed I'd hit a road if I kept walking in the same direction.
Sure, it wasn't fun to hike up ridgefaces and through thorns and streams, but...some mild discomfort is a whole lot better than giving up and waiting for a helicopter like a Millenial.
Also that helicopter aint cheap, and he's lucky the helicopter could even access his location. A lot of times, the chopper can only get near and not at the exact location, chopper aint gonna go down trying to help some dumbass who got lost 2 miles away from the nearest road
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