A woman dances in the spotlight, the glittering tassels on her dress shivering and swaying in tandem with her moves.

"My body started shivering from the inside. I knew who it was," he says, referring to al-Shabab operatives who have a well-entrenched spy network, allowing them to get information about civilians like Mr Nuur.

By the time we crammed the last moving box into the freight elevator, though, the sun had set, and we were sore and shivering.

As the clock ticked down on a long cold Pasadena night, a small but sturdy cheer rose from the shivering Rose Bowl masses.

The shivering Robb, a 40-year-old software engineer from Bristol who decided not to bring a jacket despite a weather warning on the forecast, shuffles forward trying to protect his lead.