But Langdon was the only one he would follow.
On the morning of the eighth day after their pursuit of Thor, Bruce and Metoosin rode over into the eastward valley with the dogs.

Metoosin was to have a day's start, and Bruce planned to return to camp that afternoon so that he and Langdon could begin their hunt up the valley the next day.
It was a glorious morning.

A cool breeze came from the north and west, and about nine o'clock Langdon fastened Muskwa to his tree, saddled a horse, and rode down the valley.

He had no intention of hunting.

It was a joy merely to ride and breathe in the face of that wind and gaze upon the wonders of the mountains.
He travelled northward for three or four miles, until he came to a broad, low slope that broke through the range to the westward.