Originally Posted By: mwigant
I do think he missed a golden opportunity to give good advice on being prepared (slip a mini bic in your pocket) and how to react when things go wrong (backtrack to last known position). Also, a simple itinerary could have started a search much earlier.

But then the show would have only been 5 minutes long. I think he's trying to teach things to do in a bad situation. Avoiding the situation in the first place or carrying the gear to be prepared for it is the best idea, but that makes for a very short and boring TV show.