And that will effectively be the shoe. I take these ones off. And that’s my frame now here. And what I need to do is put a couple of a crossbeams in and then just interweave it with my parachuterigging lines. And then attach my boot to it. And that will be ready to go. It’s gonna make huge difference. It’s not the prettiest job. It’s covered now in blood. But it’s gonna do.

Snow shoes will spread the weight of your body across a larger area of snow, giving you a much better chance of staying on top of the crust and not sinking in. Alright. This snowshoe is almost finished now. I’ve finished the cross bracing. I’ve reinforced it with another bit of sapling around the outside. And what I need now is just to measure up where my feet are gonna go. One there, and that one back here. These are threaded on. Tie my boot in and then Robert’s your father’s brother or Bob’s your uncle. And this is gonna make snow travel a lot easier for me.

Now to try them out. And the snow shoes are working. Even though it’s still tiring, it’s definitely less tiring than the thigh-deep snow I was trying to deal with before. It just means I’m staying on the surface of the snow. I know as soon as I’ve taken them off as I’ve tried a couple of times, I’d sink straight back down again.

This is a grueling journey—cold and often wet. But if I have learned one thing, then it’s this, these mountains may look beautiful and be the perfect place for a holiday, but they can be treacherous and they demand the utmost …