Bill,
Making the only logical choice based on a valid risk assessment is not a tail tucking maneuver. No one who's accomplished what you have so far can possibly be considered anything but dauntless.
Blue skies and tailwinds my intrepid friend!
--Mark
From: "Bill Harrelson" <n5zq@verizon.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 2:03 PM
To: <lml@lancaironline.net>
Subject: [LML] Stuck outside of Punta Arenas with them Memphis blues again
> Hola Listers,
>
> Just returned from the met office and it ain't good news. There's a cold
> rain falling here now and tomorrow will have rain with surface winds of 40
> knots. The next several days have a series of fronts passing over Tierra
> del Fuego, the Drake Passage and/or the Antarctic Peninsula. If the
> passage is forecast to be reasonably free of ice then there's ice over the
> peninsula or vice versa. More often than not there's ice in all three
> places. The met guy says that this is the warmest year on record in this
> area. The warmth brings moisture and ice.
>
> Wednesday and Thursday are unacceptable and it's looking pretty grim for
> getting to the pole any time this week. Saturday is the next possible
> window and I'm waiting here to see if that pans out. It's really too late
> in the season to wait much longer than that. I'm formulating a plan B for
> putting my tail between my legs and heading home.
>
> I'll try to keep you guys up on what's going on.
>
> Bill Harrelson
> N5ZQ 320 2,150 hrs
> N6ZQ IV 220 hrs
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