kunundrum:
you have walked far from your pack (3/4 mi) for water at twilight (early spring) and have become lost, gone off trail, and darkness has fallen.your in your shorts and a tee and holding an empty water bottle.its a cool night and you are chilly.you must demonstrate your skill level here. what steps do you take.
your pack is at trail within twenty minutes walk to a shelter low temps will be in the 40"s. you have empty pockets.
go.
my answer:hunker down in a debis hut made of leaves and sticks up against a tree.at first light search carefully for signs of a road and help. when and if reunited with pack and alive,call myself stupid.you?