Five hundred feet only separated the explorers from the plateau, which they wished to reach so as to establish there an encampment for the night, but these five hundred feet were increased to more than two miles by the zigzags which they had to describe.
Quinientos pies solamente separaban a los exploradores de la meseta adonde querían llegar, a fin de establecer un campamento para pasar la noche; pero aquellos quinientos pies se alargaron hasta más de dos millas por los zigzags que tuvieron que describir.