Rescue?

"The hike from Sonora [Pass?], where he was dropped off on May 2nd …

…sent a rescue signal Sunday night after realizing he was running out of water.

"A California Highway Patrol helicopter crew found D’Artagnan Driscoll, 18, of Apache Junction, Ariz., on Monday May 4th…"

"… told authorities he was only 12 hours into his trek when he ran out of water."

So he was on the trail less than 1 day before pushing the SPOT button.

"He used a cellphone application to find what were supposed to be water sources along the trial,"

Doesn't anyone proofread anymore?

Seems like trial was the right word for this dude's "adventure."

I didn't read the sac bee story (saw it in the SJ paper). How is there no water at this time of year? I wonder if he walked past a lot of water to get to some place his app pointed to, and maybe found no water there. I found trickles of water most places last year, even into Oct.

Or was he looking for a faucet?

“I had about 8 ounces of water left when the California Highway Patrol found me"

Not what I consider to be out of water. I wonder if there is going to be a lot of that sort of thing this year?