 What happened to Wyatt and Carpenter?
Across to the right was a group that Baron knew vaguely—Andean climbers, or at least two of them were. I guess I was about ten when Wyatt and Carpenter made the last attempt—that was in 2082, I think. He was with Armstrong on Mars during his Service days, did a good deal of the original mapping and surveying for the Colony there. Then he made the attempt on Vulcan Crater that paved the way for Balmer a few years later. Four thousand miles of butcherous heat, just to have some joker come along, use your data and drum you out of the glory by crossing at perihelion forty-four days later? “I want to make a Crossing at perihelion and I want to cross on the surface.
 They died when a rock slide crushed their vehicle while they were attempting the Brightside Crossing.
 They died when a rock slide crushed their vehicle while they were attempting the Brightside Crossing.  They crossed the Brightside at aphelion.  They disappeared after their ship set off for Mercury. They were on a mission to cross the Brightside.  They disappeared when they attempted to cross the Brightside at perihelion.