Quote Originally Posted by BennyLaRue
Quote Originally Posted by boost
yes, a map would have saved his life.



So would a years supply of MRE's, a satellite phone, or a Sherpa. However as you can detect in my sarcasm this train of throught completely misses the point.
Again, he himself was apparently over the point I think you're referring to. He wrote notes about discovering what he was looking for and wanting to be with his friends and family, about being sufficiently enlightened, as you called it. He didn't necessarily intend to die to achieve it. He clearly wanted to leave but couldn't.
$10 says he would've gladly taken the map, the sat phone, the MRE's and probably even the Sherpa by the time he had his "oh sh!t ... I probably should have thought this through more...." moment