14 feb 2006
another pretty good day. managed to be out for most of it, always a good sign...
got back this afternoon and noticed an unusual number of hutties using the outside sinks. a brief investigation revealed that the water tanks were low and therefore the tap in the hut wasn't working, so decided to remedy that by topping up tanks from reserve tank. we have a pump to do this, but using it involves about a dozen steps - hooking up giant unruly hoses, priming pump, winding cord, then pulling it while all levers are in correct position, easing off the choke, blah blah blah. i'm pretty sure i could operate the thing, but wasn't really up for a "bethany vs the pump" show since i had about a dozen hutties hanging around. so i opted for the brute force method - buckets. dip bucket into underground reserve tank, carry 5 steps to bench. set bucket on bench, climb up to bench. heave bucket from bench to water tank platform, then climb onto platform. lift bucket and dump water into tank. back down to bench, then to ground, and repeat. past hut wardens had indicated that this inevitably resulted in a few hutties pitching in to pass buckets and a bit of a laugh. surely a better option...
of course i was not so lucky. the hutties were curious, no doubt. "where is that water coming from?" "why do you have to do that?" "is that hard work?" (YUP. when was the last time you helfted buckets of water around?) one particularly annoying german girl stood over me, eating her apple and asking questions like she didn't even notice i was doing anything... "do you know where the nearest supermarket is?"... 30 minutes later the tanks we full again, the taps were working, and i feeling disturbingly hostile toward the assembled crowds.
luckily, i recovered in time for my evening film session. you see, it turns out that i had 3 guys staying with me tonight who are filming a documentary on the park/mtns/track for a korean broadcasting company series, "sunday night documentary: mountains". no kidding. airs every sunday night at 12mid, apparently. on kbc1. i think they have at least an hour of me on camera - giving the evening hut talk, making them hot cocoa, turning my solar powered lantern on and off by remote control... the whole works. i'd love to hear what i sound like dubbed over in korean...
got back this afternoon and noticed an unusual number of hutties using the outside sinks. a brief investigation revealed that the water tanks were low and therefore the tap in the hut wasn't working, so decided to remedy that by topping up tanks from reserve tank. we have a pump to do this, but using it involves about a dozen steps - hooking up giant unruly hoses, priming pump, winding cord, then pulling it while all levers are in correct position, easing off the choke, blah blah blah. i'm pretty sure i could operate the thing, but wasn't really up for a "bethany vs the pump" show since i had about a dozen hutties hanging around. so i opted for the brute force method - buckets. dip bucket into underground reserve tank, carry 5 steps to bench. set bucket on bench, climb up to bench. heave bucket from bench to water tank platform, then climb onto platform. lift bucket and dump water into tank. back down to bench, then to ground, and repeat. past hut wardens had indicated that this inevitably resulted in a few hutties pitching in to pass buckets and a bit of a laugh. surely a better option...
of course i was not so lucky. the hutties were curious, no doubt. "where is that water coming from?" "why do you have to do that?" "is that hard work?" (YUP. when was the last time you helfted buckets of water around?) one particularly annoying german girl stood over me, eating her apple and asking questions like she didn't even notice i was doing anything... "do you know where the nearest supermarket is?"... 30 minutes later the tanks we full again, the taps were working, and i feeling disturbingly hostile toward the assembled crowds.
luckily, i recovered in time for my evening film session. you see, it turns out that i had 3 guys staying with me tonight who are filming a documentary on the park/mtns/track for a korean broadcasting company series, "sunday night documentary: mountains". no kidding. airs every sunday night at 12mid, apparently. on kbc1. i think they have at least an hour of me on camera - giving the evening hut talk, making them hot cocoa, turning my solar powered lantern on and off by remote control... the whole works. i'd love to hear what i sound like dubbed over in korean...
posted by bethany @ 3:24 PM
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