Stalls only need to be recovered by 2000' NOT 3000' as is always put about.
Following on from FAA Oldtimer, if you are stuck above a layer with only a small hole below AND you are proficient with the spin recovery in the particular type you are flying, then why not spin down through the hole?
Too many people are scared to explore the limits of their a/c as well their own capabilites.
It's all to easy to shout "thou shalt not........" about alot of things in aviation, but until you've been in a particular situation then judging the right and wrongs of somebody's actions is always going to be mostly guesswork.
Stalling itself is not dangerous, smacking into the ground a high sink rate is what kills you not the stall.
With so many students terrified of stalling, I always took them up high, stalled the a/c and held it there for a couple of thousand feet, talking and showing what I was doing and what was happening to the machine. This usually helped calm most of the terror that was felt about stalls.
Stall+yaw = Spin. Yes it does, but in most light a/c such as cessnas and PA28's, you really have to try b*oody hard to get them to drop into a spin. So it's not as dangerous as people like to make out. (I still wouldn't recommend either close to the ground.)
Like anything, is stalling to lose height sensible? Up to the individual. I'd be perfectly happy doing it in a machine I'm familiar with, but then again I've done more than a few stalling exercises in the past few years.
One thing I was always taught by someone alot wiser than me. "Don't try anything new in an emergency unless you've exhausted every other option..." Have a go on a nice CAVOK sunny day, see what happens, then make you're own decisions. After all, even if you are a solo student, you're still the a/c commander and it's your a*se on the line.