This whole thing is just baffling to me.

I saw some photos and he apparently was lugging around a cast-iron dutch oven. Whaaaa?

One can understand I suppose when a hapless tourist or hiker gets lost or in over his or her head. That is unfortunate and preventable but understandable.

But when someone consciously outfits himself to head into the back country can makes such bone-headed decisions .... I just do not understand this at all.