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 The sign outside the hut said "Rangers Hut - 1 Hour' and on our third morning we set off early for our final day. My single hardest day of walking .. ..ever! Drifts over four feet, forget markers, no bush tops to walk on, and cold, cold, cold.
-VVhen you are leading and fall into a drift; take off the pack and roll out... if you still have the strength... if you don't, your friends can help roll you. Crawling on hands and knees spreads the weight better but still only works where the snow is hard. Sometimes breaking while dragging the pack helps.
+When you are leading and fall into a drift; take off the pack and roll out... if you still have the strength... if you don't, your friends can help roll you. Crawling on hands and knees spreads the weight better but still only works where the snow is hard. Sometimes breaking while dragging the pack helps.
 When all this failed, we broke trail by first crawling, followed by tramping down (without packs), followed by moving on with packs. It's slow going when you have to make three passes. Breaking snow wears you down quick and you can only lead for 15 to 30 minute shifts. Just before dark on this 'one hour' walk, we spotted the tent of three walkers who'd given up and spent two days stranded. They were really glad to see us (Why?). We tramped down squares, trenched them and pitched tents near our new members. By some miracle Paul got a billy going for soup (our first meal since breakfast). We turned in warm and proud of our snow camping skills and hopeful of finishing the next day.