Recently a friend of mine set off to do a 3 day, solo trip on Dartmoor in November.
After he set off, snow unexpectedly covered parts of the country, the temperature of his first night on Dartmoor dropped to -4.
Considering he was on his own, the next day he decided wisely to call a early end to the trip as the news on his radio said about heavy snowfall around the UK, the cold-spell was staying & to potentially expect more.
My friend had planned to do a lot of walking which got me thinking, here's a scenario for you...
Your up on the moors with a good bag of camping-gear to keep you fed, watered & warm. Snow has unexpectedly comes in, covering the terrain making it hard to see your footing. You slip & fall, you've injured your ankle and can't stand up! You look at your mobile and typical there's no reception!
- How do you think you would react?... (isolated & injured)
- What would you do?... what actions would you take?