Lolo's Last Run
ShortStory 6,062 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"I know Jome Hill-Moses is in the crevasse before I look in it—and as soon as I do, I don’t need to reach the bottom to know he’s dead. In a way, that’s actually good for me. It’s infinitely easier to rescue a dead person than an injured one. Injured ones have to be kept alive—far easier said than done when the nearest hospital is a plane ride away."
Quasar links out; the story lives on Asimov's, where the author gets the click.