Monday, January 16, 2012

Woman on an island, day 30

I start building a lift system with counterweights to get the logs and equipment up the tree. The first prototype fails spectacularly and the logs narrowly misses the little black bush pig at the bottom of the tree, he disappears into the undergrowth while grunting unrepeatable pig obscenities loudly. I add extra vines and I play around with the balance of the lift and before long I have it down perfectly! I load the first log and I host it up towards the heavens. I tie the vine on a nearby tree and I ascend the ramp. This is the most dangerous part: I make my way to the fork of the tree with a few semi acrobatics, this would be so much easier if it was not for that bastard son of weasel shark! I pull the log off the lift and I move it till it's where I want it, I tie it down with a spare vine. That's the first step done! I admire my handiwork, tomorrow I want to finish the floor!

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