Today was a very busy day where we reached a first milestone: we managed to get all our equipment to our measurements site!
We had help from the local municipality; we had a bucket loader and very skillful driver who helped us load the heavy instruments from the container to our truck:
It was all a bit nerve wrecking, especially once we got to our site. The AERI boxes were then just tied to the front loader and hanging in the air while they were driven over the uneven terrain:
Fortunately, it all worked out well! The last step was then to get the data system trailer pulled on site:
We had help from Jose Carlos Matos’ team who maneuvered it into the site with their truck (we had trouble finding a rental with a hitch).
We now have all equipment on site and can start the actual installation of the three instruments tomorrow:
We will also need to get power from a nearby post to the trailer and it will still take a few days before we can start testing the instruments but we should be able to do all the remaining tasks without requiring much help from others. We have really been grateful about how much help we have received both from the local team and also from other groups; without all the extra hands and eyes we would not have been able to make much progress today. Thank You!
– Petra and Matt
