To Quote This Article from the Union Leader:"Student Arun Anand, 21, of Pennsylvania, went missing sometime on May 11 of last year during a hike at Mt. Moosilauke, prompting a New Hampshire Fish and Game search. Anand had reportedly decided to turn around and left his group to head back by himself to the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge, according to Fish and Game reports".
To Quote an earlier Article from The Dartmouth: "Jordan said that he was told Anand, who was not familiar with hiking, had split from the group at around 8:30 a.m. on Saturday because he did not feel he was prepared. The group encountered winter conditions, and Jordan said that the group instructed Anand to head down the trail. New Hampshire Fish and Game was notified that he was missing around 9 p.m. Saturday, according to Jordan"
https://www.thedartmouth.com/articl...enior-missing-in-vicinity-of-mount-moosilauke
IMO these are conflicting statements and could potentially imply a different and or overlapping issue. The Union Leader article reads as if the decision to return to the trailhead was solely his decision. Where as The Dartmouth article implies that leadership was involved with the decision to return. Maybe it is just a matter of semantics but both quotes imply a leadership issue but from different degrees. Any which way being left alone really must have sucked. Thank goodness this poor student was OK.