As I re-read the posts, I agree, you are correct in your analysis. That was not my intent, but that was the result.

I think I'm just punchy about reading YET ANOTHER article about some family "with outdoors training" getting themselves into a totally avoidable situation. In this case, putting their (apparently unknowing) child in danger in the process. How many times have we seen this identical story - blindly following a GPS, into wilderness areas, getting stuck with no communications? It's not like this is rare. It's reported all the time. Over and over. And the news reports tend towards anointing these people as heroes. I would rather see the news media point out all the idiotic moves that lead up to the situation.

Still, this is not an excuse for a rant, so I apologize for that. It's just frustrating. Don't people ever learn?