about five in the morning
`` The D-N beryllium deposit lies at the top of a fairly low mountain about five miles from the valley . We triangulated it first , and then we decided we ought to send up a party to get samples of the ore if it were at all possible . `` I was chosen to go , along with another member of the crew , a man named Lee Bellows . We left the ship at about five in the morning , and spent most of the day climbing up to the spot where we had detected the beryllium . We could n't get a sample ; the main deposit is located several feet beneath the surface of the mountaintop , and the mountain is too rough and rocky to climb without special equipment . We got less than halfway before we had to stop . '' Wayne felt Sherri nudge him , and turned to nod .