Today kinda sucked, and by "kinda sucked", I mean the worst day in over decade. Had to layout phase 3 LOD on my big job near the city. 12' reeds I had to wade through...
The section this pic was taken in was the good section. I could actually swing a machete. The bad section was so dense with reeds standing and laying over, my chainsaw was more effective. My feet got hung up on vines, and I went down hard on my knees on a bunch of slag. Slammed my right knee good, and it's swollen, and hard to walk. Luckily, I did that two hours in to the day. I only had to walk on it for six hours. Would have sucked if I did that first thing...
I then proceeded to fall in to a creek, cause you literally couldn't see where you were walking, and the area's full of ravines. What I mean by "creek" is a drainage area that doesn't really drain. It just sits there, and I still smell like a swamp. I went in up to my thighs. I then fell down a dry ravine(Yay, no swamp!), but I fell head downward facing up, and I was like a turtle on it's back. I couldn't right myself with the chainsaw, machete, canteen, flags, other stuff on my belt... Guess what? I fell yet again. I was cutting some trees out in front of the gun, got tangled in vines, and fell backward pretty hard on railway ballast. Hit my head good, but my helmet took all the impact(Yay Petzl!).
After all this, my good mood was starting to waver :rollseyes: I fight my way back setting points, and I wonder why my pants are kinda falling down. Turns out my belt broke. I made an improvised repair with paracord, but I think the belt might toast. Gotta check it later. Went to the other side of the road, and it isn't a whole lot better. I cut out some trees, but one huge mass I didn't know what to do with. It was so full of vines, cutting it down would have likely made it worse with a big ol vine pile and limbs. Would have take an hour or more to break it down with a big saw, and I only had my 2511. I briefly lost my phone in that section. Boss went to lunch while I ate on site, went to check my phone, and it was gone. Only had the clip left in my belt. It was fairly easy to find though once my boss called it. I just repaired that. I use the holster from an old otterbox case, and tie to my soft case with paracord...
I think that's it. Is that it? All the usual stuff that pisses me off with this work still happened, and that alone would have been a sucky day, but it's nothing compared to the rest. Going back tomorrow I think...
