The track now consisted of clear but very isolated signals, forcing them to rake each time that one was lost, so the march was slow and tedious. In general the direction was downwards again. The two men walked through their laborious course for hours, sustained by a high level of adrenaline. Finally, their bodies demanded attention, and they had no choice but to sit and rest on a rocky clear in the vegetation. There they took a light meal, after which Marcelo stretched on a flat stone. Huacman leaned on a dry but still erect trunk and let his gaze wander clear. After a few seconds he drew the attention of his partner by means of a few grunts. Marcelo joined resignedly and followed with his eyes the direction indicated by the extended index of the indigenous. At first it cost him to underst
