They endured 'stormy weather' in winter and 'excessive heat' in summer. No solution, Mormons had to 'endure'. Organisation - on the journey 15,000 Mormons faced accidents, breakdowns, mouldy food, fever, lack of medical facilities, Native American attacks.
One thing was that a social class system was created. A bad thing would be that there wasn't much medical treatments. This meant people could die of simple things.