Funny thing about Water Proof Boots......it works both ways!
Everything was going fine, until I found a spot that was too deep.
And everyone says: been there done that.
Still a good day surveying.
TOO DEEP. Say no more!
Glad they weren't waders!!
I've done that! With waders I mean.
I like falling through the ice...
Yup. The problem with water proof boots are the holes at the top of them. If the manufacturer would stop putting holes there, no water would get in.
Took the words out of my mouth Mr. Cow!
When I was growing up on Kodiak Is., we would go deer hunting with the skiff, so we always had hip waders that were snug enough to walk in as well as land the skiff. A few years later, I was working in Chignik and got tossed overboard into about 5' of water with a 6' surf running. One wader filled with water and the other got an air pocket in it! Holy crap! Anchor on one foot and a buoy on the other!
-JD-
Couple of years ago I was working a HazMat site. We were basically filling in an old polluted 'lake' (a glorified ditch) with concrete and charcoal. While laying grids for the contractor I took on step to many and next thing you know I was chest high in this toxic soup with my feet stuck in the mud. It was quit the ordeal since I was the only on that side of the lake. The log stick track hoe was about 3 feet to short of reaching me so I ended up stuck for a bit until they could get someone to my side.
All was okay except for my Iphone. That and the fact that I became known as the Toxic Surveyor for the rest of the job.
We duct taped a Rapala filet knife in the top of every pair of waders at one company I worked at after almost losing my rodman when his waders filled up. Had he not had a pocketknife and the ability to cut himself out of them, he would've drowned in mud, probably the most scared I've been on any jobsite. He mired up, then extended the topo rod and was hanging onto it laid sideways while an excavator tried to mat his way over to help him out. He had one hand on the rod and the other cutting the waders off, suction was pulling him down like quicksand. When the excavator got to him, he extended the bucket and the rodman climbed out of the waders and into the bucket.
This took place over the course of probably 20 minutes, the whole time I'm watching it all and totally helpless to do anything.
Three days later an excavator slipped off his mat and was out of sight in less than 30 minutes, brought in GPR a few days later and could not detect the machine at all. The operator had time to get out and onto the mat, but the 100k machine was never seen again.
Toxic Surveyor for the rest of the job. FUNNY!
100k machine was never seen again. WOW!
That is quite a story.
NAte
