I’m leaving on a jet plane….!
12 Sep 2011
Tag: drill
Recycled Tire
26 Jul 2011
We needed to make gaskets for the rope pump so we used a 1/2 inch pipe (with sharped edges) to punch out small rubber “gaskets.” It was tedious (and painful) work but we took turns and cut out over 100 gaskets for the pump.
Pro-Separation
26 Jul 2011
My teammates and I arrived in South Sudan the day after a week-long vote for separation from the North. It was really cool be together with the villagers as they listened to a radio broadcasting the preliminary results – 99% for separation!
115 degrees is nothing – bring on the game!
26 Jul 2011
Back in Aweil-Town, I took a break in the 115 degree weather to play some soccer
Rope Pump
26 Jul 2011
We could not find any parts to make a typical piston type pump so we made a rope pump here in the village.
Rise and Shine!
26 Jul 2011
The sunrise during our last morning in the village
We have water!
26 Jul 2011
First bit of water coming out of our well!
My “haven’t bathed in weeks” hair!
26 Jul 2011
Cyrus and I were dumping gravel between the casing (pvc pipe) and the wall of the borehole to serve as the filter material
Still pulling wet clay
26 Jul 2011
day after day of drilling, all we pulled out was sticky clay
Drilling Class 101
26 Jul 2011
I was teaching the Dinka guys how important it is to keep the drill straight
How Many Cows 