I just had a glance at the link. Maybe I didn't search thoroughly enough, but I didn't find an answer to my first question:
Why?
#5
DarkAudit
I think just to show that you can't really just fall off the face of the earth and disappear without a trace if you still expect to use some of the trappings of modern technological society, like credit cards and cell phones. If someone is looking hard enough, you *will* eventually be found.
#6
Dieb
Also, he just wrote an article about people trying to go missing. Sounds like he wants to write a follow up about his own experiences trying to do the same.