What the article doesn't say is that two of the hikers have medical conditions, and one had to be rescued last year in the same area while hunting for the Lost Dutchman.

Carol says they were unprepared to spend even one night in the wild. “I don’t know why he didn’t take his phone.
I told him to take it. He says he doesn’t think he needs it because he's coming back, he was sure." She adds, “I tried to get them to take a basket with water and food, but they didn’t do it."