Use an arrow-ropeline to get across the river and proceed up the ledge to the top.
Since this statue is on higher ground than the river, don’t jump the broken bridge, but look to the left for the roped pole on the other side of the river (it is on the opposite bank of the stream from statue 8). Lara wades through the water to get to the statue. The statue is in die wooden structure to the left. Instead, you need to proceed from either the Village Plateau or Village Overlook base camps back to statue 7 and then keep on moving downwards from there (using jumps and ropes) until you end up back at the Mountain Descent day camp close to statue 8, and then onwards to statue 9. You won’t be able to backtrack the route from the Village Plateau base camp through the isolated wooden structure just northeast of that, since Lara cannot jump or rope-arrow back to the slightly more elevated spot where statue 9 is located.
In case you need to go back to statues 8 or 9 after Lara’s initial visit to that part of the level, you’re going to have to travel a long way to get there again. Note: Accessible after Lara’s been to the radio tower A) Village Overlook (see important note below map)ī) Village Plateau (see important note below map)
