A hiker lost for 24 hours ignored rescuers' phone calls because they didn't recognize the number

I can relate to everything about this except for going for a long hike alone… that is something I have literally never considered doing in my life. But I could totally see how some one who didn’t perceive themselves to be in danger might not take calls (especially from suspect numbers) or might even have texting turned off or unsupported by the moble plan etc etc. It’s not that weird to just pay for a limited number of texts or things like that for people who don’t like expensive phone plans or… phones… very much.

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