Chapter 33The rock on which she crouched was relatively flat but arched slightly in the middle and slippery with moss and lichens. Above that, a wide flat boulder protruded out of the cliffside creating something of an overhang above her perch. She slid to the side of the area and reached for a shrub and clung to its stalk. It held. She tried to get a foothold in the loose earth and finally found a rock to support her foot. She reached higher for another shrub. As she gently tested to see if the rock would hold her weight for climbing, one shrub pulled loose and sent a surge of adrenalin through her as she froze and pressed flat against the muddy hillside to assure she wouldn't slip farther.
She looked around the rain soaked area for any way up or down. So much had broken loose and slid d
