At that time if he would invest in bitcoin then now he would be a more rich person of his time and he will be very happy but as he went to litecoin a secondary coin then he went on fault. Now if he have some money then he have to invest in bitcoin as the price of bitcoin is going very well.
Choosing what to invest and when to invest is a big gamble and he made up his mind to invest in litecoin and if he had the patience to hold the position and then average out then he should have made his profits by now,you need to have a good patience if you really mess up your initial investment.