Next day, the thick snow on the ground made the going difficult, and to take the weight of his rucksack off his body Hsu gathered some red pine branches, which had been broken off by the weight of snow and were still covered in pine needles, and fashioned them into a makeshift sledge. That night, he camped in the snow.
隔日，路途上大雪難行，為減輕身上背包的重量，他撿拾一些被雪壓斷、長滿松葉的二葉松枝，做了個克難的雪橇。