Here is the most current (and only) picture of the great videographer with the tools of his trade. I have yet to try taping on a down hill slope. I am trying to get my back muscles from complaining too much.

Thursday March 18 Day 16

My jeans are on the clothes line. What a awkward process. My first concern was that the weight of the soaking jeans might break the line. It will most probably take 2 to 3 days for them to dry as I was totally unsuccessful at wringing them out. A the present they just hang there and drip. It is now late afternoon and my jeans a dry except for the waist. I have brought them in preparation of rehanging them in the morning.

I have returned from obtaining money from the ATM machine. It actually WORKS!!! I have only been gone for 2 hours and 45 minutes. The process of getting money and changing it into usable bills is 20 minutes. I took out 12,000 rupees and it came out in 100 rupees bills. What does one do with a stack of 120 bills. It does make a goodly sized lump in your pocket. So I go inside the bank and exchange 100 - 100 rupees bills for 20 - 500 rupees notes.

I purchased bananas and oranges on the way back up the hill to eat at around 4 pm (the british Tea Time) so my blood sugars will make it to dinner at 7:30 or 8:00.

I tested my full set up today and it is balanced and flows like honey over the scenery. I will have the Italian student take a picture of me in my full gear so you will all have some idea of what I look like. I have done testing to make sure that my 2 video cameras will give the same quality of color and pictures on the same tape. This will allow me to tape me walking down the trail and then switch cameras and tape looking back up the path so the viewer will get some idea as to how steep the trail is. I will only be able to tape walking DOWN the hill because of the weight of the equipment the the oldness of my body.