The purpose of this page is two-fold: (1) To share my experiences in Ft. Sumner during August and September of 2003, during our campaing to launch our stratospheric balloon payload BLAST; and (2) To serve as an outlet for the huge wads of images I've been collecting since the arrival of my new digital camera.

At the time of writing, we are nearly done and are only a few days away from launch. I therefore do not have a whole lot of time to put into these pages, but will hopefully be able exorcise the backlog shortly. If you'd like to see a more detailed, more frequently updated description of the fun to be had in Ft. Sumner, head over to my fellow grad student Don Wiebe's daily web log. See also Matt's photo gallery of the launch and landing.