CLIFF HANGER: After diverse problems that slowed down the drilling progress we eventually passed 1450 m, the depth (plus/minus ~5 %) where we expect to encounter the cause for a major seismic reflection. What happened? Still in the same lithological unit, the drill bit wore out at 1470.20 m and the last 45 cm piece of drill core shows signs of increased deformation. We are back to "The thrill to drill"! The drillers are tripping drill pipe during this hot and sunny day to change the drill bit and we expect drilling to commence during the night. What comes next? Maybe we will know tomorrow!