We will expect to be there quick enough so that food, water, those sorts of issues probably will not come into play.

They're carrying all the food and water that they possibly can, ... Also their bedding and their backpacks. They will actually stay where they go. They don't know if it's on the ground or if there will be a tent or anything, they won't know until they get there.

We don't want to be energizing anything if it's in an atmosphere with combustible gases.

It's a very slow, careful process.

These miners are experienced, they are well-trained. We are just praying they had an opportunity to put their training to use.

It was the readings they were taking of the atmosphere indicating they were not equipped to go further.