OMG so has Steve been reading what the armchair experts have been proposing for days about doing loops? I just hope that by changing strategy mid flow like TG did, can make a difference and prove the doom merchants wrong. Inevitably with Kurt on the cusp of taking the record, was always going to be a difficult time especially with the bar being raised at the same time.
It's not that long ago that Kurt was having health scares followed by being stuck by adverse winds and rain. I am sure Steve has the fortitude to pull through this and make the remaining eight months or so count big time.