>>258923>>258922>>258915>>258912>>258903>>258898>>258873>>258871>I did literally everything I could, used all my training that I had, and still were it not for the luck of the draw, I would have froze to death that night,I don't believe that. I can name many mistakes you made in your story that, if they had been avoided, would have resulted in a very different outcome.
>thinking you were prepared for all sorts of weather, when in fact you weren'tThe reality is that you were in the mountains in April without snowshoes, possibly with an inadequately rated bag, a 3-season tent, and also without much extra food, even though you would have known that snowstorms such as the one you experienced can happen at any time in the mountains until the end of June, and that they may cause delays to hiking schedules.
>thinking that "1 day of food while active" = "1 day of food while inactive"You could have hunkered down for two days and been fine only eating one day's worth of food in that time, or even less than that if you stayed in your sleeping bag all day.
>thinking you were on a strict scheduleUndoubtedly, the fact that you were meeting up with someone in a parking lot, rather than hiking back to your own car, had some bearing on your decision to make a beeline to "safety." In reality, you could have hunkered down, taken your time, and planned a way out that took you over easy terrain, and not just the most direct way out, which apparently was very tiring.
>getting wetI'm not sure when it happened in the story, but you should have known to prioritize staying dry. Instead, you panicked, wore yourself out, sweat in all your clothes, got cold, and wore yourself out even more.
>not sleepingAnother big mistake, which would have directly caused your body to wear down and make you more susceptible to hypothermia, if only from being too sleepy to tend to your thermal comfort.
>not always knowing exactly where you are on a trail>eating the last morsel of food...
