Thurs 23 Nov '06 - Punta Arenas - The Waiting Game..... goes on & on...
This is now Thurs 23 Nov & we still haven't got away....!! I didn't bother updating with this news over the past few days because we kept expecting to be going but the weather at Patriot Hills in Antarctica has not been favourable at all.
On Mon 20 we were at the airport, through departures & ready to board when we had to stand down & go on 3 hourly standby & we've been on that since then. Twice we've actually been on the bus to the airport when we got the call to stand down.
There is nothing we can do except wait & this is not unusual & will not affect our achievement of our objectives because we will simply stay in Antarctica until we're done anyway. The frustrating thing is that we can't go off & do much because we have to be available to get the update every 3 hrs & possibly go within the hour.
So we eat, watch TV, have a short walk about & wait.
You may hear from me again or hopefully not because we'll be gone.
On Mon 20 we were at the airport, through departures & ready to board when we had to stand down & go on 3 hourly standby & we've been on that since then. Twice we've actually been on the bus to the airport when we got the call to stand down.
There is nothing we can do except wait & this is not unusual & will not affect our achievement of our objectives because we will simply stay in Antarctica until we're done anyway. The frustrating thing is that we can't go off & do much because we have to be available to get the update every 3 hrs & possibly go within the hour.
So we eat, watch TV, have a short walk about & wait.
You may hear from me again or hopefully not because we'll be gone.
posted by Kevin Dempsey at
4:03 PM
