Surveying in Ecuador...12000' elevation

Thanks for posting these John!

4 South 29 West (5th PM)

Looks like a great trip John.

12,000 FEET! I suck wind at anything above 5000 feet, 10,000 feet I start to get head aches, 12.000 feet, I'd probably need oxyegen.

The only thing I do at 12,000 feet is ask the flight attendant for another beverage. That does look like a great trip though

Great photos John, but no selfies. 12,000 feet is nothing at the Equator, right?

P.S. Did you ever find imagery for the area?

Gene Kooper, post: 438031, member: 9850 wrote: Great photos John, but no selfies. 12,000 feet is nothing at the Equator, right?

P.S. Did you ever find imagery for the area?

Been so busy lately that I have not had time to look for imagery. Once I get caught up I may search.

Picture #20 of the 300 plus photos has a frisky young llama thinking about things he is far too young to do successfully. Shame on him.

I wanna volunteer! Where do I sign up?

That is one STEEP slope.

Engineers without borders. Good on ya John!

This project was a volunteer effort by the Pittsburgh Chapter of Engineers without Borders. I paid my own way, although the costs while there were minimal. We paid $10/day each for lodging (4 bunk beds in a large room) and two meals a day (breakfast and dinner). That was at a place where they previously installed a water system. Lunch was provided each day by the community we were working at. Primitive conditions, somewhat cold, no heat. But I enjoyed it very much. Gratifying.

http://www.ewb-pitt.org/curingue

Gavin Schrock wrote a great article in XYHT magazine about a totally unrelated trip to Ecuador I took in May with some other surveyors. I just received advance copies of the magazine in the mail, should be out for everyone soon. That was also a great experience.