According to an interpretation by Val Frehner ("The Atlatl Rock Calamity, 2005") this set of glyphs tells the tale of two hunters - a boy moving into manhood, and his mentor. They traveled from two widely dispersed sites - the boy from the Beaver Dam area, some 70 miles distant, and the man from the Muddy River. Arriving at Valley of Fire, they spent a month training the boy in hunting and survival techniques, and exploring the canyons.

At one point, climbing up to examine some older petroglyphs, the boy fell. He severely gashed his side and limbs and broke bones. He could not be moved for days. Faced with a desperate survival situation, they travelled ten miles, in four days, back to the Virgin River. The man built a shelter and left him, running to the boy's village for help. The trip took 2 1/2 days, and the return trip with a rescue party took only a day and a half.

A few years after the rescue, members of the village returned to Valley of Fire and mapped out the tale in stone. Frehner estimates that the inscription occurred more than 2300 years ago and stood as a sort of cautionary tale for anyone tempted to play instead of learning the art of desert survival.

Near the top of the panel are depictions of the atlatl and its spear. The device had been forgotton by 750 AD in favor of the bow and arrow.