Yes it is dangerous. A friend of mine died a couple years back hiking alone in the north cascades. She was an experienced outdoorswoman but ran into some bad luck and had no one there to help her. Furthermore, with you only bringing your cell, you are risking your safety on the assumption that cellular service would be consistently available. It might sound extreme, but if you’re really putting yourself in these situations on a monthly basis, you should at least get a satellite phone or something similar. Can’t help but think sometimes about how Rachel might still be here if she’d had one herself.

It could be that putting yourself in dangerous situations is a form of self harm. I’m sorry you’re going through it right now, I understand what it feels like to be chronically depressed or even suicidal. If you ever need a stranger to talk to my DMs are open.