Coach or Cargo

Sorry no pictures for this post. I just wanted to tell everyone about operation Tiger Strike. This is a mission to put in a field camp at high altitude. Next week team 1 will fly to A-Gap on a LC-130, land for an hour, set up a tent and return home. Day two, team two (that's me) will also fly to A-Gap and set up half of a more complicated tent. Since we will run low on fuel, we will fly to the pole to get more gas to return back to MCM. I guess this is the first of this type of mission and there is finally a real sense of danger. They will have us all on high altitude drugs to prevent us from getting sick. They will carry O2 for us and one person is dedicated to just watching over the others. If someone does get sick, they mission is aborted and we leave immediately.

This is going to be true Antarctica and I'm looking forward to the risk associated with the adventure. This week we were had a safety meeting and did a few dry runs of the tent setup. During the safety meeting we were told everything would be fine if we do things right. However if we mess up, we would be coming back in cargo instead of coach (a little humor). I'm hoping I'll get some good pictures, but with the nature of the work and the temperature, I'm not sure I'll be able to. There is a lot of talk around town about this project and some think it is foolish while others think it will be a piece of cake. Who knows, but I'll get paid for an 11 hour day to work for an hour :)