So you were "that guy" that went too low on the traverse. A lot of people followed those tracks and went too low because of it.

As for them waiting for you - hell no I wouldn't wait. If it was 1 or 2 guys then I would offer to share tracks with them as long as they could keep up. With any bigger group I would be gone too. And I absolutely agree with the others that said you should have just gone a different route.