This is the chronicle of my stock Ike Elcana polar circumnavigation attempt. A picture is worth a thousand words so without further due let's begin.
(Fellow Cavemen, don't worry this is only a diversion from my caveman attempt in which I am making significant progress)
On the launch pad.
Lift off!
Circularization
Duna transfer burn
Duna capture burn, LF booster separation.
Arrival at Ike
Ike landing
Landed on Ike, in the dark, on the side of a steep mountain...
Flag planting shortly after rover separation. (using the rover's onboard RCS thrusters)
All aboard
6.2 uneventful kilometers driven through Ike's central mountain range on the first day.