Stage 2 drilling is progressing: the drillers have opened the hole down to 198.12 m, and will mill through edge of old drill rod to continue down. Waiting for milling bit, then should move down to casing depth in 2-3 days. Once casing is set we continue coring below 304.8 m. Focus of core activity has been moved to Logan Utah State University Core Facility, where team members are logging core from the new Kimama 1B hole, and entering data into the ICDP Drilling Information System from Kimama 1A. Hope to be making new core by next weekend, when we move backup to drill site.