Steve 76
The point I was trying to make, which you seem to have misunderstood, is that we all make mistakes, the machine can break on any one of us, a moments inattention or insufficient prior planning can bite.
My point is, as you have admitted yourself, something like this could, whatever the cause, happen to anyone. Hence my comment, which I don't think is fatalistic. It is fatalistic if once something has gone wrong you throw up your hands and just give in despite the fact that the situation is recoverable. Once you are in the mire how you dig yourself out says something about you.
Just my opinion, please note I haven't found it necessary to insult you to make my point.
For Granny,
The mountains in the UK may not be huge but believe me, the weather conditions to be experienced in them can still be severe.