It is now the second day of the challenge and we surely have some exciting news for you all - sorry for the delay; we promised to post earlier, however there were some issues with the internet uplink. Well, after all we're in the middle of nowhere, so things tend to have their own will.


So, yesterday morning at 9:00 am the first working day at the challenge site began; and everything started in packing out our equipment, making sure nothing was damaged during transportations and make ourselves comfortable in our mobile lab:

While some of the crew were working hard, ...

... others enjoyed the morning sun! Or was it the other way round? ;-)

A bit later, while little Cesar still was in manufacture, the Oulu team had their first test run ( well, they came with a ready-to-go system... ):

However, a little bit later, our Cesar was as well ready to roll:

How well we performed, see for yourself:

However, unfortnuately, there's bad news as well. Later on the day, two of our crew members had been knocked out by a bad viral infection which still causes them to lie in their beds - we wish them a fast recovery and not too much of boredom until they get back to the testing site.


As for today, we have to deal with more difficult conditions due to bad weather and reduced crew; however, we intend to finish our test runs on sample collection and repeater deployment. Due to the unstable internet connection we cannot predict when we can post our next update; however we are trying to upload a small video for you guys to see Cesar in action.


Stay tuned, and best wishes from the canarean islands!