How to get samples from those... extreme places

Well, tis I... ZERO ;)
my thoughts are to be at the disposal of any geologist world wide and compliant I will be...
remember:

R.O.C.K.S. (Rarely Other Careers Key into Success)

Here's us gathering samples during a field trip...

First we need to get to the right place... what better way than...

Tag: Extreme rock-jumping

Method: Leap from peak to peak in fastest possible path. Putting yourself in prime position for sample gathering

Conclusion: Went well, except had to leave bag and clothes behind as got to hot (or should we say... extreme)

Next we get into sampling...


Tag: Extreme Sampling

Method: Buldging muscles and swing motion, using gravity as the primary force to retreive sample. Activation Energy produced by rapid horizontal bursts upon the sample, bringing transport in motion

Conclusion: ABORT, near fatal encounters: cuts and rolling persons instead of boulder.


Suggestions: Throw sample off top of cliff and retrieve at bottom...

Tag: extreme "Hauling"

Method: bear-like growl accompanied by violent jerks of arm to produce maximum distance

Conclusion: Had problems finding samples retrieved at peak and arm rendered useless for a couple hours...

thanx scott. i guess this is the only way of communicating with you guys either in thailand or doing hydrological things! btw i will be letting everybody know how to lose 6kg in 5 days if they want. so to keep the pics going, here's some weird fog coming in around table bay, it just looked strange so i thought i'd show you guys. note scotts giraffe working the docks.

and yes, a good way to spend the holidays is to study some geology for a phantom exam!

Hi everyone

well all the contributers of this blog are now finished exams! well except for one, Taufeeq had to keep to his extreme geology ways and so he got extremely ill during exams! i saw him a few days afterwards and he looked terrible! no offence man ;) So he still has to write one.


Another contributer is currently on a ship near Thailand looking at rocks from the bottom of the ocean! Jackie this is the only way i can think of communicating with you :) Post something about your experiences abroad!

Nils is tired of geology so hes been looking for a job at a restuarant. good luck man. Im doing an internship at a local hydrogeological consultancy called Umvoto. Today was my first day and well... i read a whole lot. things are looking up though. ill give a more detailed description of what my jobs entails once i know myself :)

scott out

Okay this has nothing to do with geology but i still thought it was pretty cool. I helped Nils move a couch into his new flat. it was too big so we had to pull it up!! We tied the one end of the rope around a friends waist and he acted as an anchor, holding on to whatever he could!



This is me busting my gut to get this dam thing up to the balcony
Success!!
After we finished pulling it up the first thing we did was sit down on it and drink a beer while gazing at Table Mountain. good times

If anyone needs helping moving a couch just get in touch :)

EXTREME MINING?!

so as things turn out, most of our fellow geologists end in the mining industry... so we decided to include some extremes of mining. as you can see we were off in a very tight spot looking for manganese deposits. eventually these two blokes suffered a mild claustrophobic episode, which haulted our manganese search. so perhaps mining's not for everyone, but in extreme geology you're well looked after, so we sent these guys off to an open pit mine in namibia!