noon
`` Once I get anywhere within twenty miles of it I 'm all right , '' thought Allan , anxiously sweeping the horizon with his binoculars as the party paused on a high ridge to rest . `` The great problem is to locate that mountain . After that the rest will be easy . '' At noon they camped again , ate sparingly , and rested an hour . Here Allan brought his second map up to date . This map , a large sheet of parchment , served as a record of distances and directions traveled . Starting at Settlement Cliffs he had painstakingly entered on it every stage of the journey , every ridge and valley , watercourse , camp and landmark .