Extraction of the NAS Fitcheck team is underway. We all came down off the mountain today, feeling good about a successful run.
![Faster, faster, faster](/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/drive_down.jpg)
Here’s our quote from the ride down: “Pirate mining? . . . no no, you probably said iron, but I heard pirate.” (Tyson Hare)
Jason is spending the night in La Serena, doing some exploring. Laird, Alan, Tyson, and Jared have made it to Santiago, despite a bunch of airline computer problems. Here we commemorate Jared’s first Pisco Sour at the SCL Holiday Inn:
![Our waiter said "say whiskey!"](/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/at_holiday.jpg)
Days without a motherboard failure: 11