Here’s a couple of photos of this mornings Emergency Response Team (ERT) ropes training out at one of our old pits. If your wondering why the pit is full of water, it’s becasue it is redundant and that’s the level of the water table. At Woodie Woodie its a constant battle for the mining guys to keep pumping the water out of the pits so they can keep mining.

Here’s a couple of photos,

Assessing the pit wall

Going down………the wall

The hard part for my skinny arms, coming back up the wall!

Dave ascending the rope and Jack descending