A slow day at the fairgrounds today.  It was rainy all day so not much could be done outside.  Instead, workers concentrated on getting Climbers Row and other indoor facilities into shape.

Still no news on the German team’s TurboCrawler lifter.  It appears that we can’t even find out whether or not their Lifter has been released from Customs or not.  So, we don’t know if it is actually on the last leg of its journey to Las Cruces or still stuck in LA Customs.  Without knowing all the ins and outs of the situation, its hard to make a definitive judgment on why this snafu occurred, but it certainly doesn’t reflect well on our country’s hospitality (or our competence).  If the Lifter isn’t released until Monday, it won’t make it to Las Cruces until the last possible moment, giving the Germans almost no time to get it in the shape they want for the competition.

One other note; the USST team called the Elevator2010 crew today and said that they were crossing Wisconsin on the way to Las Cruces.  This means that they’ve made it past Customs at the US – Canadian border and so, presumably, will arrive on time and intact.

More teams are expected to arrive tomorrow.