I didn't have time to hang around at the top, so I made my way down the slope in the quickest fashion possible. This entailed a wading slide through the loose rock, which served me well until my foot would get caught on a large anchored rock just beneath the surface. Despite having mastered this descent technique the bottom seemed just as elusive as the top had been. By the time I got down it was after 1:30pm - 2 hours later than I expected. I had only 3 hours to complete a 5-hour walk. Even if the 5 hours was a conservative estimate, I couldn't recuperate 2 hours. Could I?