Safety First, Right!!!

We had the opportunity to see the Nicaraguan hydro crews in action this morning. You know how up home there are 10 safety guys to 1 guy actually working, well not here. The man on the ladder has his harness around him, through the rung on the ladder and then around the thick black cable. (you can see this in the second picture) That's it, no cherry picker here! See the guy holding the rope, yep that's all that's keeping it stable. To move along the guy up top kind of shimmied the ladder along while the guy on the ground moved the bottom of the ladder. Where there is a will, there is a way.

They were actually very friendly, asking us where we were from and the one on the ladder was doing some acrobatics for us! Not sure what voltage the wires were but we did have to duck under them at one point and I made sure I missed them!

Hard at work

This guy was quite a comedian, found out he is from Spain. It's just another day at work for them but we found it quite interesting.