This will be about the last post for a few weeks. We move on Monday & our next location will have no internet.
Work has being going well. Modern day prospecting is not that different from 100 years ago. The only difference is a GPS to locate yourself & a computer in camp to print maps & communicate with the outside world. Oh, and a helicopter.
Here are some highlights from the past week:
- I’m going to be a helicopter pilot in my next life. It is really a good way to see the world. I think it is as close to being a bird as you can get. “Hey Andy, can you give me a bump” translates to “Can you fly me to another location”. - Scenery is spectacular, today was like being in the Swiss Alps, although it was pretty warm & we all got a little too much sun.
- Our cook’s cookies are the best and I enjoy my Cookie breaks on the mountain.
- When I got dropped of this morning I had a really uncomfortable feeling for a while. The pilot radioed me a few minutes after he dropped me off to say there was a Grizzly and cub 1km away. Not too close but humans also have animal instincts. I got to see it when I “bumped.”
- Last week I got charged by an adolescent caribou. He came so fast over the snow bank that I didn’t have any time to react. Fortunately he did a 90 degree turn just a few feet from me.
- The only other animals we’ve seen are moose out in the flat areas, marmots, & arctic ground squirrels.
- Getting pretty good at swinging the overloaded backpack up over the gun & field vest (that is also stuffed full)
- Walking down steep talus slopes and ridge walking/mapping is not an art I’ve mastered yet. I believe we’ll be doing a lot more of that before the summer is out.
Time for sleep…
Work has being going well. Modern day prospecting is not that different from 100 years ago. The only difference is a GPS to locate yourself & a computer in camp to print maps & communicate with the outside world. Oh, and a helicopter.
Here are some highlights from the past week:
- I’m going to be a helicopter pilot in my next life. It is really a good way to see the world. I think it is as close to being a bird as you can get. “Hey Andy, can you give me a bump” translates to “Can you fly me to another location”. - Scenery is spectacular, today was like being in the Swiss Alps, although it was pretty warm & we all got a little too much sun.
- Our cook’s cookies are the best and I enjoy my Cookie breaks on the mountain.
- When I got dropped of this morning I had a really uncomfortable feeling for a while. The pilot radioed me a few minutes after he dropped me off to say there was a Grizzly and cub 1km away. Not too close but humans also have animal instincts. I got to see it when I “bumped.”
- Last week I got charged by an adolescent caribou. He came so fast over the snow bank that I didn’t have any time to react. Fortunately he did a 90 degree turn just a few feet from me.
- The only other animals we’ve seen are moose out in the flat areas, marmots, & arctic ground squirrels.
- Getting pretty good at swinging the overloaded backpack up over the gun & field vest (that is also stuffed full)
- Walking down steep talus slopes and ridge walking/mapping is not an art I’ve mastered yet. I believe we’ll be doing a lot more of that before the summer is out.
Time for sleep…
3 comments:
... still sounds like you're enjoying this and pic are awesome - please can we swop places for just a few days / weeks - you can have my office in the corporate concrete block, manage staff, attend IT project meetings, and do IT architecture designs and strategy; and I'll gladly step into your shoes!
Luv Githa (in cold wet Cape Town, brrr)
PS: Glad the wildlife haven't scared you to death yet.
Marion
Hello from St. Louis! Looks like you're having a great time and they call this work?? The pictures are unbelievable, very postcard like....maybe we can have a slide show at Christmas with verbal narrative?? Harold and Jeanne are visiting this week and Jeanne looks good,happy and so grown up! I can't believe she and Robert both graduate next spring. Keep posting your blog when you can, we all are enjoying your adventure!!
Love, Shelly
Hey DIVA, great photos! Love hearing about your adventure. The CO DIVAS are busy and miss you. I look forward to catching up over a cup of tea in Sept. Say hi to your hubby. xoxoxo Anginette
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