Chapter 17Nobody got much sleep the rest of the night. Some people wanted to continue walking right away, but the rest of the group persuaded them otherwise.
“Too dangerous,” Adam argued. “There’s too much risk of someone taking a bad fall. And carrying an injured person would slow us down too much.”
“You’re right,” Zach said, almost reluctantly, as if he’d liked the idea of continuing the climb even in the dark. He gave way to Adam’s common sense, and Adam was surprised he’d even considered it, would have thought him too smart. The quake must have shaken him in more than a literal sense.
Everyone helped to re-erect the collapsed tents. The ground had gone as still as if it had never done anything as ridiculous and un-ground-like as shaking. But the quake had changed everything. When th
