Chapter 26They didn’t make a proper camp when they stopped for the night, just a bivouac. Several people had sacrificed their tents to make the stretcher anyway. A few made improvised lean-tos and windbreaks. Adam and Simon erected a windbreak and a canopy for Zach and kept him close to the fire.
Zach put on a brave face, but he clearly in pain. The fear Zach would die before rescue came entirely consumed Adam. He could barely carry on a conversation with anyone else. Nobody approached him the way they had before, looking for advice or to ask questions. They went instead to Torres or Simon. Adam’s only job was taking care of Zach. He never left his side.
Not quite true. He did have to answer the call of nature sometimes. He was coming back from doing that, close to midnight, when he foun
