Cautionary observation, while I feel the thirst for knowledge, it might be a bit wise to temper the thirst by considering that we really don't have many of the details of this incident. It could be that he is a member of ETS and had his Altoid Kit and a bunch of other stuff, but got to the cabin and was unable to find enough fuel for a fire (yeah, I know that it may be farfetched, but it could happen). Yes, I believe that we can learn from others successes and failures, just want to keep a perspective on the "Monday morning quarterbacking" .

Sure would like to believe that one of us would have had some serious FAK/PSK & cold weather precautions in place and worn on our person before taking off to begin with.

Getting warm & dry would be VERY high on the priority list in this scenario, communication would also be high on the list as well. Perhaps he found some food in the cabin.

The article stated something about he could not get his frozen shoes off of his feet. Hmmm, that could be a problem. My guess is that he was suffering / feeling some confusion from the cold as well.