basic survival training is if your unfamiliar with the area, stay put! i dont know how many times over the years in scouts and going west hunting this has been repeated to me.

this is also very much a common sense item. lets think about this. family is on their way somewhere, gets lost, gets stuck. someone will come looking/ his best bet would have been to stay with the vehicle that provided some protection from the elements.

i had an uncle get lost on top of a mountain once and the only thing that saved him was he stayed put and waited for someone to come.