So far in "The road" the father and his sons quest to the coast has got them through mountains and past the river. They had to survives many days on the freezing mountains with no shelter and it was almost costly. Each day it seemed the last but it was never ending. When they finally reached the river it was so amazing it distracted them and they stayed a couple of nights until they noticed that they had ti keep moving. Its an amazing book once you get into it.