Failed Overnight Hiking / Lost In The Woods And Lessons Learned

In this post, I just want to cover a few things I learned from my latest overnight hike. I ended up calling it quits about 3 AM and packing it back up for home. That was the plan anyway. What actually happened was I got so far off track that I spent 1 1/2 hours trying to find the trail I came in on.

It was 3 AM. It had rained all night and even though my…