The trip back up from the underground city, and up through the buried step pyramid pass much more easily than the initial trip down. Very few people need to be cleared from the path, and those who do move aside without much complaint.
The three cylinders in the upper room, connected by ladders to the floor below and the mechanical works of the three great statues atop the pyramid, do present some difficulty with the goats. Even so, the party soon haul their treasure up through the vertical openings, then rig slings to haul the goats up after them.
A mere half hour after starting the process of ascending through the cylinders, the party is standing under the open sky, just minutes after dawn. The sandstorm which initially separated our heroes (minus Hamburg) from their caravan has completely passed.
OOC:
Game continues here.