Originally Posted By: AKSAR
Alex, where exactly did I make that statement?


Sure:

Originally Posted By: AKSAR
Originally Posted By: TeacherRO
Another case of 'should have prepared more.'

...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).