Jessica and I alternated excavating and learning how to use the Total Station. Hannah was an excellent instructor and I was really excited to learn. The overall technique was relatively simple but it was important to always pay attention because the slightest distraction could cause a measurement (i.e. rod height or prism standard) to be over-looked and then all of the following data will be incorrect. It was a long day of gunning but it was very successful and I’m glad I got to learn how to do it.
Tonight it started monsooning during dinner. Ok, so maybe not actually monsooning, but it was pretty close. We all got completely soaked walking back to our tents (except Andrew cause he was smart and wore his North Face) and Elfinish (our cook) was wonderful and walked us each individually under an umbrella so we wouldn’t get additionally waterlogged. It is thundering and lightning pretty bad and there was an extremely loud flash/bang of a lightning strike a few minutes ago. You could literally feel the shocks move right through your bones. It was rather unnerving. Hopefully it wont be raining tomorrow!!
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