Yes, there are people who are totally prepared, but you never hear about them because like duckear said, they were just camping, at worst they were inconvenienced. Any time a situation turns on SAR, people are going to dissect what happened, whether they live or not. What did they do wrong, what did they do right, how can we learn from this experience. . . It's not about throwing stones and piling on, it's about learning.

The guy who was recently rescued off the cliff face is going through this process himself. He admits he screwed up, left some of his gear at the bottom rather than carrying it. Fortunately, he brought that PLB so he's around to critique himself. Many aren't so we do it for them. He's even critiquing the PLB and it saved his life.