The path down the side of the wall isn't especially difficult.  There are enough protrusions and jags in the cliff wall to provide ample hand and toe holds for the contestant.  Still it isn't the easiest path, in fact it's probably the hardest of the choices she could have made, though maybe the safest from unexpected dangers.  Despite being one of the last ones into the dungeon, she's on good track to get to her counselor before nightfall.  There are good odds that others have made it to the counselor of their choice already.  From watching previous year's dungeon contests, Lydia knows that many contestants make it to their counselor before nightfall, but usually not all of them.  Those that did spend the night on the first level usually found their path far more difficult.  Even with the time spent with the Sylph, Lydia knows she should be grateful she's made it this far already.<br/><br/>But as she considers this, one of the rocks she was holding breaks free from the cliff wall.  Her balance precarious she begins to fall backwards, her hand grasping at the rock wall seeking purchase to save her from falling the rest of the way to the stony cave floor below.<br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">ooc</div><div class="spoiler_body">Make a dungeoneering check.  If you roll 5 or above, you catch yourself and make it down safely.  Otherwise you fall.</div></div>