316 WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD 



The hauling have been about the same, but the weather is 

 somewhat finer and the blizzard gone off. We did 10 

 miles and camped ; have not seen anything of the main 

 party yet but shall not be surprised to see them at any 

 time. 



" i$th November 191 1. 



"We are camped after doing five miles where we are 

 supposed to be [lat. 8o° 32'] ; now we have to wait the 

 others coming up. Mr. Evans is quite proud to think we 

 have arrived before the others caught us, but we don't 

 expect they will be long although we have nothing to be 

 ashamed of as our daily distance have been good. We 

 have built a large cairn this afternoon before turning in. 

 The weather is cold but excellent." 



They waited there six days before the pony party 

 arrived, when the Upper Barrier Depot (Mount Hooper) 

 was left in the cairn. 



