Montanero summed it up best. And just to add or explain a bit differently:

Those who are prepared, are also generally educated in outdoors safety and navigation etc. They for the most part, know when stop and seek/create shelter or to turn back when the weather, terrain or people's physical or physiological conditions have deteriorated and any further travel is detrimental.

That is not to say that those who are prepared do not need rescue. Around here, the various SAR teams rescue experienced and well equipped people and also those who are not prepared.

When it comes to the news reporting though, what makes better headlines?

1) A non-dramatic rescue where SAR finds the prepared people who are delayed due to weather, minor injury but safe with proper gear, signalling, shelter and fire to stay warm etc. The resulting rescue effort is usually not much more then guiding the people out to safety.

or

2) A stranded skier rescued from a mountain which required an almost herculean 16 hour SAR operation over Christmas Eve and Christmas day where SAR teams had to deal with deep snow, steep terrain, 40 knot winds and heavy sleet and not to mention that 2 choppers were pulled back due to the weather.

Guess which storyline is more likely to get the media attention and conversely, discussions on forums such as here?