But that's purely conjecture at this point … a working hypothesis. Everything is on the table until we've gotten more data down.

Also, we're doing what any field geologist would do in an area like this: climbing to a good vantage point for plotting a route.

At this point, there is just a lot of speculation and conjecture.

Every project has hurdles. This project has never gotten to the point where the hurdles are insurmountable.

The rules of scientific investigation always require us, when we enter the domains of conjecture, to adopt that hypothesis by which the greatest number of known facts and phenomena may be reconciled.

We'll have more to talk about in a couple of weeks, really. At this point it's all conjecture, but in a few weeks we'll know more about what's possible and what we need more work on.