<p>I don’t completely understand the article. It says the way they found him was through a credit card purchase and he responded to a text message.</p>
<p>First, they make a big deal about how he left with only $40. But if he also had a credit card. That hardly makes him a pioneeering pilgrim living on his wits.</p>
<p>And did he have a cell phone? Was he just not replying to calls and texts until his uncle texted him, or did they not even try before that?</p>
<p>Of course, I did worse things when I was in college for less idealistic reasons. Even when I was in high school I took off a few times without telling anyone. I’m surprised my parents survived it.</p>
<p>Edit: Never mind on point 2. It helps to read the first paragraph of the article :)</p>