If you are the frustrated just carry on past the ladder you need to access to get to him and start unlocking the shortcuts. There are 2 possible shortcuts allowing you to:
A: miss the area entirely and just go straight through to the rest of the map
or
B: Allow you to sneak up from behind him and not get shot at in the first place.
He is hard yes and most of the tips here are valid. You can level up. You can shoot him 4 times without stopping as soon as you get to the top to knock him off. You can engage him in a fight then climb all the way back down that sometimes prompts him to jump after you and die.
I think quitting over an optional area is a bit much.








