Looks like you want to make it to the LUG book cover again ;-)
Happy you’re safe Tina.
The gear is immaterial and can be replaced, not you, nor Tom.
Amities
Philippe
> Le 31 janv. 2020 à 01:27, Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>
> PESO:
> Now that I'm safe and warm and dry in a hotel, the adventures of today seem
> almost funny - almost.
> We signed up yesterday for a night safari in the Nam-et Phou Louey National
> Park along with a German couple in their early 50's and 3 British doctors
> in their 20's. We headed up the Nam Nern River in 3 long boats with guides
> and boatmen. Because it's dry season and the river was so low, we had to
> portage the boats three times, crossing over steep rocks and mud. After 4
> or 5 hours we arrived at the place where we had a picnic dinner and waited
> for sunset. After dark, we headed back down the river with the motors off,
> in total silence, spotting animals with our flashlights. We saw deer and
> civets and owls. We arrived at our very basic camp about 10:30. The next
> morning before dawn, I had the urge to visit the outhouse. I forgot that
> there was a large step down from our cabin to the porch. I fell hard,
> landing on my hip and slamming my head against the porch post, splitting my
> ear. There was a prodigious amount of blood. I managed not to scream and
> wake everybody up but as soon as the doctors were awake they examined my
> ear. Thank goodness, they had a very impressive medical kit, including
> suture glue that is used instead of stitches. They cleaned my cuts with
> iodine (!) and put my ear back together with the glue. After wrapping my
> whole head in gauze, they said I really should have it looked at by the
> doctor at the local clinic. Tom and I headed back down the river with 2
> boatmen and a guide. The boatman was so alarmed by the amount of blood that
> he was going as fast as he could down the rapids in the river. The guide
> told him several times to slow down. About 3/4 of the way there, the boat
> hit a tree stump under the water. The front of the boat went up in the air
> and the back went under the water. Since Tom was in the front, he only got
> his feet wet. In the back, I was in ice-cold water up to my neck. I held my
> cameras up and yelled, "Save my cameras!" The guide and boatmen pulled me
> out of the water and onto the rocks where we waited half an hour for the
> other boats to come by and pick us up. Our boat and motor were wrecked so
> we rode back in with the others and went immediately to the clinic. The
> doctor cleaned my ear again, pronounced the glue as doing a great job, and
> said I would not need more stitches. I was still sopping wet and shivering.
> We drove 5 more hours to our hotel and I gradually dried out. The SL camera
> is fine. The Monochrome is not. I hope it will recover. I have all of my
> electronic gear spread on the bed to dry and I have had a hot shower and
> washed all of my clothes. Now I'm going to have some rice wine and download
> photos.--
>
> My Monochrome is still not working this morning. It's full of moisture.
> Any suggestions on how to dry it out?? I thought about getting a bag of
> rice and putting the camera in it but I'm afraid the rice would get all in
> the camera and make it worse. Maybe it's shot. 😢
>
> Tina Manley
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