Still there…

I think we have the first entry for the 2027 calendar

Nearly 40 years ago I was tucked away snuggly in bed reflecting back on the day's work.   BAM  I knew I knew I must get out of bed, get redressed and drive to the job site while ignoring the two inches of dry snow that had started falling gently as we loaded up.  Fifteen miles later, I stopped at the northeast corner of the tract, grabbed the flashlight and headed for the east road ditch.  A couple minutes of carefully pushing snow around with one foot produced results.  The lost field book containing every detail of the job, from the client's info, all of the courthouse research to every detail of the various set ups with every angle and distance shot were in that book finally appeared.  The snow was brushed away and the book was shaken vigorously to dislodge all visible remnants of the bits of snow.  Fortunately, the ink had not run.  Hallelujah.

That's way better than the T2 I left on a ridge top, didn't notice it till the next day. Luckily, it was right where I left it still encased in the bullet. 

Left a base station on the job one day.  Realized it was there about time to go home.  Got back to the site in the dark and it was still there blinking....Glad to see that!

Yep the old days of T2 traversing. I left a tripod tribrach and glass on a hill at a county control point I had occupied and used to set a control point on my job about 2000 feet away. Next day I went to a different job, pulled out the legs to set up and noticed the missing legs. Almost made me jump, like shit it's back on that hill. I went back to that job, put the T2 up and looked at the hill and there it was. What a relief. Made the 20 minute hike up the hill almost fun.

I worked one summer (1988, I think) with a guy who told me he had been to Greenland for glacier studies. Set up a GPS unit to collect data for a few hours and a heavy snowstorm blew in. Couldn't find the unit when the storm was done. A very expensive loss. He said the following year he requisitioned moose tracking equipment to collar the tripods with and prevent it from happening again.