...overall they were reasonably prepared for that journey.
...they had plenty of food.
...they were reasonably well prepared, and did quite well
To me it sounds like you think that was a walk in the park. As according to you they were stranded for 8 days without an apparent reason at all (which is exactly the lack of preparing you are arguing with).
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