July 5th, 1956, 6:23 A.M. pacific central time.

Why do I put such an exact time for a heading? I suppose it calms my nerves. We started moving at 5:30, kind of early, but who cares? We are still hiking down a gentle slope carved into this wide cave by millions of years of erosion by water and seismic activity. I have been noticing a lot of schist. Jorgen's case is getting stronger. If not for the ecosystem bit, it would be possible.