Today we conducted an inclination survey on the lowermost 50 feet of the hole. This survey revealed that the hole in general is inclined six to nine degrees near the bottom, and varies its inclination due to S-shaped bends. These bends could be what exerted so much stress on both the core barrel and stiff rod joints over the past two weeks. Tomorrow we will try coring through the rest of the casing with a five foot long core barrel. We hope that this shorter barrel will be small enough to travel through the bends in the casing unimpeded.