Quite true and well worth noting. Survival is a pass/fail grading system.

Non the less, it is worth while critiquing these episodes because some classic errors were made -like leaving the vehicle, alone, with clearly no good information as to where to find assistance. This strategy often ends badly.

It very nearly did so in this case, at least is the description of the lady "being too exhausted to light a fire" is correct. If that is your true condition, you can be grateful for the arrival of Coconino County SAR, alerted by a timely phone call.

People in threatening situations who make better decisions just don't make the news because it so much more mundane - stay with the car, snuggle up and keep warm, find a high point and make a call - get assistance. End of story. Better drink urine if you wish to generate headlines.

By the way, Coconino County is one very large county, straddling the Grand Canyon and stretching from just south of Flagstaff to the Utah border, including both desert and high country and a lot of real estate that is hard traveling. When I began my career in the Nation park Service in 1962 at Wupatki national Monument, I was also a SAR volunteer for the county. It seems they are doing a much better job now than what we accomplished then.