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...armed foursome farewell Turnagain; the FFV, or another one, is likely to be back here within days - as will an ACV tender crew. In the warm night air, Radon and Normile can detect what they have come to know as the singular odor of an FFV; rancid on the nose, with a strong blood and slime character, offering hints of diesel and clove cigarettes. "They're still out here," Radon says to the others, as the tender rough-rides it back to the ACV. The crew express no animosity toward the elusive Indonesians. "They're not wearing gold chains...
...midnight-to-0200 watch, Radon, anchored off Gabba, monitors instruments and prepares a chart for the next journey. The Torres Strait is a difficult stretch to chart, sometimes requiring 60 wavepoints (or map references) on a single passage. On a radar screen, what appears to be a barge is on course to cross 900 m in front of the ACV's bow. That's too close for comfort, and a warning light begins to flash. On VHF channel 16, after several attempts, Radon makes contact with the chatty master of Barge Express VIII, who alters course. "Roger that! Roger that...
...Similarly dramatic was the nearby Uzon Caldera, a 15-sq-km geothermal field where we bathed in a warm, sulfurous-smelling pond. As we coated ourselves with the mud, thinking "spa," our cook, Elena, a regular visitor to the spot, warned, "Don't stay in too long?Xthe radon gas is not good for your heart." Oops...
...into the air. Similarly dramatic was the nearby Uzon Caldera, a 6-sq.-mi. geothermal field where we bathed in a warm sulfurous-smelling pond. As we coated ourselves with mud, thinking "spa," our cook, Lukyanova, a regular visitor, warned, "Don't stay in too long--the radon gas is not good for your heart." Oops...
...sounds like Jimi back in the afro-haired prime of the Experience. Copeland’s fills are hysterical as Claypool hollers, “There ain’t no cure for suicide!” Anastasio clearly enjoys himself abundantly as well: His tracks “Radon Balloon” and “Birthday Boys” are sublime psychedelic acoustic jams that sound a bit like the mellower moments of Led Zeppelin (compare with “Bron Y-Aur Stomp” off III). One might wish that Claypool had managed to trade...