Basically yes. It'd have been a waste to come that far and simply turn back, anyway.

Ah, well, we were in the tent at the time, but we could feel a sense of something approaching; even the rain stopped for a while in the pressure of its presence. When we stepped outside to see what it was, it was running straight at us, so we tried to move out of the way. It stopped just a few feet away from us and stared for a few moments, then roared and left again.

Of course, as soon as it left the rain resumed once more...