The victim was "cliffed out". Ahem ... why wasn't he able to re-trace his route? Well I'm sure there is probably a good explanation. Maybe it got dark and he just didn't want to risk re-tracing his route in poor light. That would probably be a good decision.

I agree with other comments. It was very nice of the Rangers to wander around in the dark looking for this person. Hopefully they were operating in groups of two or three. We are putting our rangers at risk, if they have to walk around in the dark themselves.

Pete