51 deadtime

. eric and lisa were directly above the others on a witchback / lisa called down ," you guys should get moving . it's not getting any cooler ."
jules glared at her .
jack saiod ." you kow what ? i'm going back down ."
jules hesited  . she looked up the hill at her boyfriend , then back down toward the river rushing thgrough the canyon , finally , she said . "i'm with you ."
carmel said ." i think jaana needs my help too . i feel her calling ."
the three  turned  downhill .
kanyn watched them . she stood frozen on the trail for a moment as the once-cohesive  group sp[lit  , some  climbing , some descending  .
after another twenty seconds  she took a step uphill .
 for almost a minute eric and lisa continued their  climb up  the wall .
"stop ." lisa when  she looked  back ."eric , hold on  . some of  them are going down . look."
eric stopped .anyn had resumed her climb . the other two women  and jack were making a gravity -assisted descent back toward   the canyon floor .
"shit  ," eric said . jules   was among  the descending samaritans .
" let's  hold  on here  a minute  ." lisa said  ." let kanyn catch up with us ."
eric stared down  to the river  for an extrended  period , then  craned  his neck  back so that  his eyes were  pointed in direction  of the distant rim  . it wouldn't be long before the rising sun would be high enough to clear the edge  of the canyon ansd become visible in the eastern sky . hot would soon  get hotter . he imagined   the heat radiating offf the dark rocks higher in the canyon .
"i'm climbing out before i get frried by that damn sun , i don't care what the hell anybody else does ."
kanyon  caught up with them in two minutes . no words were exchanged before the three resumed their climb .