Their first bivouac at the top of the couloir was, in retrospect, relatively restful.

Peering off that perch, I hunkered down for my first bivouac on a rock wall.

The first bivouac on the north face of Mt.

Easy ice then led to their first bivouac.

I enjoyed my first bivouac a few months later, on a tiny ledge on Yosemite Point Buttress.

We set up our newly invented portaledges at the end of the "Laura Scudder" traverse for our first bivouac.

When we had finished our evening meal, the shades of night descended upon us, in this our first bivouac in the unknown interior.

Selecting a place where the bank was dry and accessible, we beached our whale-boat and prepared for our first bivouac in the open air.

The first bivouacs were the pleasantest part of his journey, despite the fact that he could find no answer to the question why.