He stayed back. No point watchin' and givin' himself a heart attack. It was better just keeping back a ways where he couldn't come up with as many scenarios of how this could go very wrong. Not that Jim's mentioning that he'd hit the end of the first roped made that any better. Ducking his head a little, he rubbed at his temples slowly as his lips pressed into a thin line.

Not that he said much out loud. Cause honestly... the idea of tying one rope to another was not high on his list. Cause the weight of two full grown mean on it was a lot for one knot to take. Glancing over at Beverly, he arched a brow at her lightly. "And if the rope doesn't hold, how the hell are we gonna get down there to fix their as-- fix 'em up?" It's not loud... more a soft huff meant for just her.