Krakauer sets up camp on a plateau. Krakauer has arranged ahead of time for supplies to be air-dropped to him so that he can continue his climb. But the pilot engaged to deliver the supplies misreads the altitude, almost entirely missing Krakauer's encampment.
Bradford says that each family was given a plot to grow so that the food supply increased. As time passed, everything went well according to plan and the supply of food increased. William Bradford was the governor of the Plymouth Colony, elected 30 times.
