Here is my justification/goal for this blog:
It is hard to be in contact up here and I feel bad sending long email updates people might not want to receive, so with a blog I feel better because people can visit it only when they want to. I hope to give some description of the work I am helping with as well as an idea of the awesome things I am surrounded by (i.e. really big mountains!). I'll try to post photos and interesting stories about what we are up to.

With that, I'll soon try to post a recap of my first few days up here. Stay tuned.