Mdilthey -

I wish you well, but am befuddled by your situation.
You did say that you ran out of daylight and were close to running out of water.
(Which seems strange to me along the Front Range)
I'm a generation older than you and sit astride the electronic divide.
You were born into the electronic age.
Yet, the virtual and real do not seamlessly intersect - esp. in Nov in Colorado.
Did young people of my generation do stupid things? Yes.
But there seems to be an extra dose connected to connectivity.
But with very real consequences.

As I said, I wish you well in your journey. - - J