The sledges nearly went over a big drop at the edge of the Barrier, and a few moments later Stevens dropped down a crevasse to the length of his harness.
"Had a tough job getting him up, as we had no alpine rope and had to use harness," wrote Joyce.

"Got over all right and had a very hard pull against wind and snow, my face getting frost-bitten as I had to keep looking up to steer.

We arrived at the hut about 7.30 p.m.

after a very hard struggle.

We found the Captain and his party there.