Was Man Really Lost In the Franklin Mountains?

This story below I find very hard to believe:

A man who said he had been lost in the Franklin Mountains for the past five days was taken to a hospital Saturday, El Paso County sheriff’s officials said.

The man, 32, was trying to flag down drivers on Trans Mountain Road near mile marker 15 when deputies arrived at about 4 p.m., sheriff’s office spokeswoman Chris Acosta said.

He was dehydrated and had frostbite, cuts on his face and body and insect bites, Acosta said.

The man had not been reported missing.  [El Paso Times]

I find it hard to believe that someone could be lost in the Franklin Mountains for one day much less five days.  Just about anywhere in the Franklins Mountains the city of El Paso can be seen because the city is basically a horseshoe around the city.  Only the far northern portion of the park isn’t adjacent to the city.  However, even in the northern section of the park around the Anthony Nose area cities such as Chaparral, New Mexico on the eastern side of the range and Anthony, Texas on the western side can be seen.   All someone who is disoriented needs to do is walk to the nearest city they see.  The only way I can see someone being lost for five days is if they had extremely impaired vision.  If this guy had extremely impaired vision than what was he doing in the mountains in the first place?