Porcupine Ridge auntblood

the ridge held cold snow and no sign of the man. but chakliux was determined. not far off was a gathered pack, and deeper into the mountains he expected to find others.
but the night was long and the temperatures low. the seal hunter searched along the outcroppings until he found a hollow large enough for he and @Dutch. hunger clawed in him but he would conserve his energy till morning.
the wind howled.
"it would hurt my pride and spirit to return once more with nothing," chakliux remarked, staring out into the whorls of snow scudding through the atmosphere.