I have a dedicated hiking bag with two flashlights, a headlamp, and two backup batteries. All use the same 18650s.

I also have an airtight container with zippo fluid, and a ferro rod/striker on the side, a solar charging arc lighter, a regular Bic lighter, and a magnifying glass. I want to put a large ferro rod and a small tin of waterproof matches in there as well.

I also have three mylar blankets, a camp knife, length of paracord and twine, and a first aid kit with splint and tourniquet added.

It sounds bulky, but it all fits in it's own pouch that hangs off the main bag, and weighs about 2lbs without the knife. Idk if that's considered bulky or not, but I've never had issue with it. Most of my hiking weight comes from water.

That anyone goes out without at least a snack, water, flashlight, and something to catch others attention like a whistle, blows my mind.

I came across 5 people in flip-flops/sandals and gym attire carrying nothing but phones and one or two Nalgene bottles several miles into hilly, winding trails that takes about 3 hours to get to the main landmark, and handed out a couple bottles for their return. Chill dudes, just didn't plan well. Hopefully they tried again with better planning.

Is it their fault when some dingus [...] goes walking into the forest where no path is? No.

Picking a single aspect to assign total blame is kinda pointless, and so is trying to address that through Yes/No. Every incident is the compounded result of multiple contributing factors. One of these contributing factors is that Google Maps displayed inaccurate information, even though common sense should have worked as error correction. The fault is in our stars.