Hi friends and family!
I am about as physically wiped out as I've been in a loooong time. Today was our 2nd big set-up day up on the mountain, which includes getting gear/people up by snowcat (or foot for some of the people), then mounting gear on sleds to drag up the final 300 m to its final destination at the research station on top of Niowatt Ridge.
A couple "thoughts/things to share" from today:
- This is boot camp for graduate students.
- Why on earth did I volunteer to hike up the mountain to reduce the weight on the snowcat? And with my advisor who's legs are twice as long as mine? Picture me trotting up, him strolling. :)
- Screwdrivers + pump fans are bad news. Gayle's fluke accident (hopefully the only one) demolished the cooling system for a pump...that pump will now be designated to sit in the snow to stay cold enough (they automatically shut down when the overheat).
- Great folks here - everyone's helping each other out and is fun hang out with. My ski buddy and roomate is Erika from U-Wisconsin (its 2 gals, 5 guys currently). Jack from UNH and I played backgammon last night...though we weren't totally sure of the rules.
- A Nepalese restaurant exists in Nederland, CO, a town of 1300. Go figure!
- My tailbone is doing better today then yesterday...yay! For anyone confused, I busted it going snowboarding last week and have been pretty wimpy since then.
- This is WAY harder than doing work up at Greenland! (with the exception of the fact that we can run to Home Depot in an emergency here)
- I'm going to bed early tonight!
Cheers!
~ tuckered out Gayle
1 comment:
Hi Sweetie!
Hope all is going well in Nederland! Suzanne, your Dad, and I are thinking of you and hoping you're not getting too tuckered out. Being in that high altitude for the 12 days definitely helped with my swimming endurance today.
Tell Mike you get to handicap him for his long legs -
Suzanne and I just finished a cribbage game - a close one, but Queen Ann prevailed :)
Take care,
Mom
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