i haven't read all his posts, but i haven't detected an attitude with Dane...but he has given the only analysis lessons learned from the accident, which i would hope most would be here to share or read (rather than rubberneck and gawk).
of course the crawling out on your own part makes a great story (just look at "Touching the Void"), but the only thing you take from that is if you're out there alone and injured that you should never give up hope or effort.