K5D DXpedition update

The K5D Team continues to prepare for its early Thursday AM departure for Desecheo Island.

Last night the team met and had dinner with USFWS participants, law enforecement personnel and members of the field research team.

Due to continued questionable weather (which for some weeks has included large waves, dangerous surf, high winds and rain unusual for this time of year), the Team has made an important strategic decision.

For safety reasons, all personnel and equipment will be transported to Desecheo Island by helicopter. The possibility of Team members and crew members being injured, vessels being damaged and equipment being lost during a sea landing was too great a chance to take.

Today, all of the equipment, supplies, antennas, generators, food, shelters, tables, chairs and so forth were unloaded from the storage facility and loaded into a large moving van for transfer to the helicopter pad.

Tomorrow, representatives of the helicopter company will meet the Team, examine the cargo and prepare it for transit via sling load on Thursday morning. A second helicopter will ferry personnel. Because we're limited to only fourteen days on the island, doing it this way will allow us to get on the air sooner, stay on the air longer -- and all with a higher degree of safety.

The Team has voted, if necessary, to contribute more money of their own to help contain these incremental costs.

If you're inclined to contribute more to help, it would be appreciated.

To contribute, click HERE.

http://69.89.25.185/~trexsoft/t-rexsoftware.com/
desecheo/help.htm

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