Summery for up the slide jack london

Set during the Klondike Gold Rush, ''Up the Slide'' tells the story of Clay Dilham's attempt to scale a steep slide on a mountain in search of a tree to chop down for firewood. ... The turning point comes when Clay realizes the same ax he used to fell the tree can help him make it over the mountain and back to camp.

Explanation:

the answer is emerged from.

orpheus descended to hades, the world of the death to rescue eurydice. no mortal had ever done this before him, he survived because he was protected by the gods. the word "underworld" gives us a clue, he emerged from it like a whale emerges form sea for exemple.