I’m pretty good at finding my way out, and have hit a point where I do nearly paranoid things to prevent it, but the fact is, I could get lost in an outhouse.
Put me in a thicket on flat ground and call me last years Easter Egg.
Sooo, I keep a map, compass, gps, phone, write down where I’ll be so my wife can tell my brother in law where to find me (he’s never had to, btw).
Before going off any trail, and even on a trail if there are turns, I’ll plot waypoints, check compass, check map, check ridges, check the sun, check my 6 regularly, etc.
I don’t think the girl in Utah was lost, but I don’t think she wanted to be found. Apparently, however, she did want to live.
