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Ok, we got the anchors installed at FAR thanks to Chris, John, and Tim.
Laura and I got the RIM site mapped out (looks better than I had expected), and the base plate installed.
Steel platforms are 99.9 % put together, just missing 3 bolts which we got in the nick of time in flagstaff - Fastenall stayed open for us till we were able to get there, otherwise we would have had to wait till monday morning.
Good news about the permit being in Steve Atkins hands - we may be able to go vertical sunday or even sat afternoon!
Dave W. will arrive sunday evening and stage on monday.
Got an email from Greg @ air west requesting I call him asap......
Hoping there is no bad news....will call him first thing tomorrow morning.
September 14-15
Saturday:
we staged a lot of gear at rim, and some at the base for the helo ops,then got shut down after noon by heavy rain.
Sunday:
We staged some more equipment at the base, got the lidar installed on the rim for the profiling group (heavy lidar!) then went vertical at near. we got to 40 ft by the end of the day.
Thanks to Steve Atkins who helped with the heavy lifting of the lidar!
Dave Whiteman arrived and is ready to stage all crater equipment on Monday.