Sad story.

Given the situation, on an untravelled road like that, self-rescue was the only option. But on snowed-in road, that's not as easy as it looks. Sometimes you can't even tell where the road is. And travelling through heavy snow takes three times as much energy and hours. A daunting prospect, not undertaken lightly, with much that can go wrong. And when you decide that's what you must do, you may already be too weak to do it.

I suspect we may see more of these stories as the coming generation of older but still active seniors heads off the beaten path in search of adventure.

I guess it's a reminder to review the first and most important chapter of your survival manual -- "how to keep youself out of survival situations."