Ben reaches the bottom of the butte and then works his way closer to Madec’s camp. He covers his tracks in the sand and then begins digging a hole. Once he believes it is deep enough, he lies in it and covers himself with sand, using tubes of rubber he found with the slingshot to provide air to breathe and a means of hearing what is going on above him. He realizes how vulnerable he is in this spot and worries about all of the things that could go wrong.

Ben continues to worry about his vulnerabilities while he waits to hear Madec wake in the morning and return to climbing the butte. He hears Madec begin hammering and pushes his head up from the sand to see Madec on the butte. He then makes his way to the Jeep, where he sees his rifle. He looks back at the butte to confirm that Madec’s rifle is at the base of the wall. Ben gets to the Jeep, grabs his rifle, and takes aim at Madec’s rifle before he realizes the bolt of his rifle is missing, making it useless.