That doesn't sound good, particularly in bad weather. Seems like I hear "got separated" or "was separated" a lot when problems occur.

I may not know the whole situation, but it seems almost negligent for the party to have left one person alone while the rest of the party went on, particularly in bad weather. I wonder what the "back story" is there. Given that she had said that she was going to set up camp, I wonder if she freaked out during the storm and tried to join the others.

Of course recriminations are of little help once a tragedy has occured, but perhaps she didn't die in vain if we all take the lesson to heart.

Thanks for the group shelter photos and ideas. I don't believe I've seen something like that before.