It was a lesson one techno-dependent hiker learned the hard way. Map wielding rangers had to be called in to search for the man, who was found wandering in circles around the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Then the batteries wore out and, as soon as they went dead, he was lost. That's the bottom line. DEM has developed categories for lost people, because similar people act in similar ways.
Lost hunters are prone to do certain things, for example, and lost hikers do other things.
They have short little legs so they can't go very far. But they can be hard to find because they're nappers. It's not a wide search, but it's very difficult, because they're concealed. From 2 to 4 in the afternoon, you're looking and calling for a subject that's probably not going to call back to you. Their legs are a little bit longer so they can travel farther.