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Tibetan Foothills ...continued

Hut Key Adventure
No matter how you negotiated the chasm/snowball room, it's time to use the Drawbridge Key. Enter the frozen pond area and dismount the sled (that is, if you chose to drive it in here). The key lock is around the left corner from where you entered. After raising the bridge, make your way to the beginning of the ramp on the other side of the pond and follow the ledge around. Goose the sled to safely kick past the snowballs (or jump forward to trigger them and leap back); blast past the crevasse using the left snow ramp, then hook around into the main area. It's amazing how much an earthquake can change a place. Search the snowy area to the left of the crater for the Hut Key. Just watch out for the bad guy on the black, machine-gun-having snowmobile.

The illuminated square on the left is where you'll find the blessed Hut Key.

Hut Key in pocket, mount your trusty red snowmobile (you need it to make the jumps - the black sled just doesn't have the top end). Drive as far as you can to the warming hut, then dismount for a quick jog to complete the backtrack.

Use the Hut Key to gain entrance, yank the switch inside to unlock the gate past the Hut, and get out of the building as fast as you can. A very tough goon squad wants a word with you. After successfully sedating the terrorists, go through the gate you just opened, guns still drawn, and snipe the snowmobile-riding baddie. Take his snowmobile for a ride after he's done with it.

Test out the black sled's guns en route to the snowy passageway - but stop at the edge of the chasm: You can't jump across - neither with your legs nor the sled. Back up, and tred across the arched, angled ledge that flanks the left side of the chasm. Once across, you can keep blasting up the tunnel for a snowmobile jousting match, or pause for the final mission secret.

Secret 3

After you've emerged victorious from the snowmobile battle royale, search the outside walls for the imbedded block. Shove the block through the wall and far into the next room. Of course, a few more of Bartoli's boys find Lara's intrusion wholly objectionable. The critics silenced, and the block moved, you can drive the snowmobile off the cliff and into the water far below. Or you can stop at the edge and peg the goon who's making trouble in the lower right alcove. Bad guy trouble over, it's all clear to perform a swan dive down, James Bond style.

No matter how you decide to leap off the cliffs, swim up to the far-left corner of the pool, pull yourself onto the ledge, and follow the passage. An order of holy men patiently awaits your presence.

Next Stop: Barkhang Monestary