Yes, it would have been nice if he’d panned around. He just cut it off. Can’t blame him for getting scared out there and going back. Out there alone and if he’d fallen through into a void in the lava, no one would have found him for who knows how long .... if ever. *shudder*
It did sound like he slipped at one point. I would have loved for him to go to the summit, but it’s quite a climb!