I am not a particularly neat person - a colleague once characterized me as a "spreader", but when outdoors I keep my stuff with me because it is pretty critical stuff. I don't understand losing some "belongings" in the first place. What were they? must have been pretty valuable to warrant a return trip, and not very obvious or easy to find. One suspects drug related items...but who knows?

Sleeping next to a cliff is not good idea, obviously, but after screwing up, this guy managed to keep going and get himself out, which is very good.

One thing, the park is very small, less than 9000 acres, and surrounded by urban development, but when your leg is injured, your radius of action shrinks drastically.
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