4/12 It would not be wise, he said, to remain where they were, without making any effort at escape, until their provisions were exhausted. Now they still had enough for two or three days, and it behooved them to make a push--but whither? "Firdoos Gita Makani always said: 'No retreat till there is no advance.' Besides, see you, if we go down, the snow will be melting and give us no foothold. But at night the frost will hold on the pass. |