Although they knew their car was parked on the eastern rim of the canyon, that ... and Coughlin convinced themselves they were going to die, and made a sui cide pact. ... Park ranger Lance Mattson found the men less than six hours later. ... in his backpack (he didn't even get it out), Gagnon could not tell anyone his location.
A single event in a story is called an incident. A plot is a series of incidents while a climax is the highest point in which resolution usually begins.
