Peanut butter on a plastic spoon was the energy of choice for the "descent".  

Peanut butter might also be one of the reasons why 3 rocks had to be added to one of the horse's to balance out the weight of Niko who was sleeping in the other.   Peanut butter and genes.  

This was the 35 minutes when Niko wasn't asking us to carry him.
Just kidding, both kids impressed us with their veracity.   This "little" cherub
even rode the horse by himself for nearly a km.   

Everyone we passed
 by had to check out Niko in a pannier.