Hello, I'm a moron! I once got myself trapped, alone, in a canyon, at night, with no gear, and couldn't get out. It was dumb luck that I didn't go deeper down i

Hello, I'm a moron! I once got myself trapped, alone, in a canyon, at night, with no gear, and couldn't get out. It was dumb luck that I didn't go deeper down in the canyon; I was just close enough to the top-out that I had 1 bar of signal sometimes. I was able to text and call emergency services and send my lat/lon. Finally a local sheriff was able to find me. He threw me down some tiny poly cordage, and I was able to claw my way up a crack. If I hadn't had that bit of cell signal, I could have been stranded for days (or forever?), or drowned in a flash flood. In that moment, I don't care how much it costs me, I'm going to take any emergency service option I can get. I don't have an iPhone, but I would consider getting one now. Aside from that, I live in upstate NY, and probably 85% of the land around here has no cell service. If you can't make it to someone's house who has a land line, this is probably the best option to get ahold of emergency services.