If it were me out hiking with my wife (this kidnapping/hostage thing went down about 10 miles from my house), there is no way I would "escape" and run off leaving my wife in the hands of this madman. Mr. Madman, once he noticed I was gone, should be very worried about his life expectancy. I'm not a Rambo type of person, but I sure wouldn't abandon my wife in the woods and just hope for the best by running away and making a phone call. It boggles my mind that someone would actually do that.