Either wait longer in the cavern, or gamble on a better chance to escape up above.
If a cat escapes up a tree, he must stay there until the dog goes away.
They could have knocked down the rubble and escaped up a shaft.
If the other two tunnels were like this one, maybe some of the men escaped up the ladders at the end.
The noise from below grew louder as some of the men who had been fighting broke away and tried to escape up the hillside.
"The difference is you can't escape up the other ones."
Wharton's men were able to form a rear guard and most of the army escaped up the Valley.
One taller brother escaped the round up but was later arrested and executed.
The idea of escaping up into the light - and the freedom that implies - could have been pushed even further.
Michael dislikes this treatment so he escapes up into the mountains.