Lacking even that, all you need to know is that you only hiked so far from the trail. Mark your current "I'm Lost!" location, and mark your new path. If you don't cross the trail in twice the time it took you to get away from it originally, head back to your original "I'm Lost!" location, then head out 90-degrees from that direction, and do the same thing. Repeat as necessary.
Lacking even that, all you need to know is that you only hiked so far from the trail. Mark your current “I’m Lost!” location, and mark your new path. If you don’t cross the trail in twice the time it took you to get away from it originally, head back to your original “I’m Lost!” location, then head out 90-degrees from that direction, and do the same thing. Repeat as necessary.
See, now that is common sense and intelligence. This woman didn’t have either.