I really feel your pain. I was in the mountains at night in the middle of a vicious snowstorm and fell down a cliff. I went after it 4 more times and used up all my armor and weapons. Lost my wishbone too. To make matters worse I didn't mark my tombstones (pre H&H) so I didn't know the exact locations. Rebuilt everything from scratch. Lesson learned the hard way. I still kick myself and cringe when I think about it.

FYI, about 300 game days later I eventually found 4 of my 5 five bodies and got most my gear. There's still one to go. maybe one of these days I'll go looking again.