 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1197, Garnier akavamba kushanyira Nyika Tsvene mukuzadzika mhiko. Chimwe chezvinangwa zverwendo rwake chaive chekugadzirisa dzimwe nharo dzainetsa kereke yeTroyes kuburikidza nekupindira kwa Count Henry II weChampagne, achitonga Humambo hweJerusarema nekodzero yemukadzi wake, Mambokadzi Isabella I. Akasvika chete kusvika kuPiacenza apo nhau dzakasvika kwaari dzekufa kwaHenry musi wa10 Gunyana. Achifunga nezvemhiko yake, akaenderera mberi nerwendo rwake achienda kuTuscany, asi ikoko akasangana nedzimwe shamwari dzaidzoka dzichibva kuNyika Tsvene, idzo dzakamutaurira kuti vaFrance vose vakanga vava kuenda uye kuti Jerusarema rakanga richidzorwa nevaGermany vakanga vachangobva kusvika. Pashure pokugamuchira mvumo yaPapa Innocent III yokuzadzika mhiko yake nemari yokudzivirira Nyika Tsvene, Garnier akadzokera kuChampagne. Mutsamba yasara, Innocent anorumbidza Garnier nokuda kwebasa rake pamusana pezera rake: Hakusi kusaruramisira kwokukwegura kwakanga kwava pedyo, kana ngozi yenzira, kana kuvimbika kunopanikirika uye kusagadzikana kunopfuurira kwegungwa zvakadzivisa imi. 