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<\/a>Vinciane and Devon all dressed up and ready to fly. Christine looks happy for them, Ryan and Ralph more skeptical. John and Brian are already on the plane.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n The remaining four of us (myself, Ryan, Shannon and Christine) are due for bag-drag (checking in our gear, getting weighed, etc) tonight at 8 pm. \u00a0 About 8:45 I will talk to John and company via satellite phone for the update. \u00a0 Motion is a great thing for us right now, so if you don’t hear from us for a day or two, don’t worry- \u00a0that’s a good sign that we’re busy moving uphill and away from McMurdo to the home of the meteorites, \u00a0Davis-Ward.<\/p>\n UPDATE: \u00a0 The plane never left the airfield due to mechanical issues. \u00a0Now we’re off the schedule for a couple of days, through the weekend. \u00a0Here’s hoping Monday is a better day for flying!<\/p>\n -posted by rph from McMurdo, 11 Dec 2014<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The first of us are out of the gate and on the way to CTAM. \u00a0John, Devon, Vinciane and Brian met (with the rest of us) at 11:15 this morning, and after some last-minute kerfuffling with a certain 35-year veteran of our program over ECW gear, \u00a0off they went! \u00a0At last check a few minutes ago, they weren’t actually in the air yet, \u00a0but the weather here is decent and reportedly the weather up at CTAM is fantastic.<\/p>\n The remaining four of us (myself, Ryan, Shannon and Christine) are due for bag-drag (checking in our gear, getting weighed,<\/p>\n