Yes!! Thank you! You're so right (knew I forgot something). You just don't hike alone- especially if you don't have map skills and water/essentials. And if you do go out alone, you leave info with a neighbor. I always left a map with the area I was hiking/biking in circled and a return date. Friggin signal fires are sooooo Hollywoodesque.
Yet, I heard a blurb somewhere that she likely won't be prosecuted because it was an 'emergency' situation. Codswallop. She better have a broken back to justify.... rant rant rant deep breath rant rant grumble mumble rant rant rant.......