An hour after daylight he built a snow cave and crawled into it.
As he was now moving away from the coast, his shelters in snow caves would be coming to an end.
Immediately he was aware of the shelter that his snow cave provided against the weather.
"I'm going to get the fire started," said Rick as he pushed his way through the outer wall of the snow cave.
I was stuck in a snow cave for ten days, halfway there.
Last night in the snow cave had been a matter of survival; now the situation was slightly different.
One way or another he had to survive the night by huddling in a snow cave.
Where conditions permit snow caves are another way to shelter high on the mountain.
The weather turned against them and they were forced to take shelter in a snow cave.
All nine of them stayed the night in the snow cave, and the $25,000 was won.