It's not just a job, it's a fucking adventure.

Clint Eastwood's character wasn't talking about mineral exploration geophysics. But he should have!

Here's me (wearing the keffiya) in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia, training a local operator on EM data acquisition with an antiquated GDP-32 multi-function receiver. Probably one of the toughest jobs I've ever done. Six weeks is a long time to spend out there, particularly eating the local food. I got sick, frozen, nearly stranded by a navigationally-challenged driver and dodgy 4WD, rode a camel, ate lots of horse meat, drank fermented camel milk and Mongolian vodka (quite good, actually), did a lot of hiking, had the bus ride from Hell between the Chinese border and Ulaan Baatar via Dalanzadgad, and experienced the culture.

#midlifeadventure