If you're having difficulty outrunning the boulder on the walkway, try one of these alternatives:

Vault up onto the walkway. Stand under the boulder and turn to face either side wall.

Side flip out onto the walkway.

Then immediately hop back and grab the edge. Hang until the boulder rolls past, then pull up.

Head for the end of the walkway where the boulder landed and jump into the doorway on the left, taking care to avoid the burner ahead.

- OR -

Vault up onto the walkway and walk forward 6 or 7 steps. (Any farther will cause the boulder to drop.)

Turn to face either side wall. Lara should now be standing on the second tile in the walkway but close to the third. (In the screenshot above, the tiles are outlined since the seams can be hard to see.)

Turn to face either side wall. Then drop back and hang from the walkway. Make sure you don't drop on the side of the block where Lara's feet can touch the slope. If you do, she'll slide into the fire.) Traverse along above the fire...

...until Lara is hanging above the slope next to it. Then pull up.

As long as Lara doesn't stand on or jump over the middle tile in the walkway, the boulder will stay where it is.

Now jump into the doorway near the boulder, taking care to avoid the burner.

Take a standing jump from the middle of the square near the doorway to clear the flames.

Immediately run forward to the step and crouch to avoid yet another boulder.

Continue forward and up to emerge near the river again.

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