Man survives monthlong ordeal in US park on a mushroom, berries and water
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It's a pretty large, rugged park. You can easily be 20 miles as the crow flies from anything. I think you'd probably spend the first days trying to find a trail, because it's easier. Trying to find a stream going downhill, then trying to follow a stream to a creek, then river, moving across terrain the entire time? That's going to take a long while, and you're looking at a much larger calorie expenditure. You're also moving far away from where you are last seen and in odd directional patterns unless someone knows you're trying to follow streams.
Not to say it's not good advice if you have no hope of rescue. It's sort if like if you are in a maze and you put your hand on one wall and never stop touching it, you will find the exit. Eventually.