The CORK is chocked into the hole and released from the cable. The first length of pipe is threaded on. Judicious use of sledgehammers frees the pipe and the CORK is on its way. For the second time in a day, the drillers' dance of following pipe with pipe begins. It will continue for the next seven or eight hours.
People start moving back inside.
I tell him I certainly don't plan to miss the chance of seeing whether he is right. He promises to make sure I'm awakened when the CORK reaches bottom. Then we'll see. I work for a while in the computer lab. Phillipe Pezard, one of the loggers, rushes in and pulls some pages from the color printer.