Some of your best allies on...

Some of your best allies on the trek are the locals - this boy came out the morning after the white out to check on us as he'd apparently been watching us the last couple of days ... well I'd NEVER seen him!

He then proceeded to make me run with pack down the seemingly most erratic path to continue the root 5 minutes in I stopped and changed into my approach shoes for comfort the child stood there laughing in BARE FOOT!