meanwhile, pinta pinta and his family drove west through the night to kiwirrkurra. he told everyone they had seen a featherfoot man. but when he described the man to them, freddy west said he thought it was warlimpirrnga. the next day, the elders met and decided to find the group and bring them in. on 15 october, a team of seven pintupi and charlie mcmahon, the community co-ordinator, went out to winparku. together they followed the group's tracks across the desert in two four-wheel drives. on the second night, they could see the family's campfire in the distance. the next day, mcmahon had to go back. his friend, geoff toll, drove up to continue the search with the others. they found the family the next morning, on 18 october. they had tracked them north for to maruwa, a waterhole near lake mackay.