Mataki na biyu, hawan baya da baya tsakanin Hut Point da Bluff, ya zama mafi matsala, tare da yanayi mara kyau, mawuyacin shinge, da kuma rikice-rikice tsakanin Mackintosh da Joyce kan hanyoyin. A wannan lokacin, Mackintosh ya fi son hawan mutum yayin da Joyce yake son yin amfani da karnuka huɗu masu dacewa daga cikin karnuka shida da suka tsira daga hunturu, biyu suna da juna biyu kuma ba za su iya aiki ba. Mackintosh ya ba Joyce damar ci gaba da rayuwarsa, yana jagorantar ƙungiya shida tare da karnuka, yayin da Mackintosh ya ci gaba da mutum-Smith da Spencer-Smith. Hanyar da Joyce ya yi a cikin yanayin da aka yi a kan Dutsen Hope da kuma Prudential Bluff, ya zama mafi inganci, tare da yanayi mara kyau. Lokacin da suka fara tafiya a ranar 26 ga watan Janairu, 1916, sai suka yi tafiya tare da ɗan'uwansa, Frank Smith da sauran mutanen da suka rage a kusa da Dutsen Hope, sai suka koma bakin teku tare da wasu karnuka.
26 ga Janairu 1916