This really is excellent news. I have been following the story with interest and it seems that nothing like this has been achieved before. It's almost like the news channels have a skip in their step today.
I've been potholing, when I was a little younger and small enough to get through the gaps, and I can tell you it can be very disconcerting when, potentially, you're a significant distance from normal life. On almost every occasion we turned off all the lights and it's such a weird feeling. Turning the lights back on gave almost instant relief. I know the miners had lighting, but, it's still very remote. However, there was a certain euphoria for us when returning to the surface seeing the sunlight and breathing the air.
I'm sure all will welcome this news for the miners and their families.
