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FEATURE STORY: KENYA TRIP (cont.) KENYA Continued from page 7 get us to our lodging – the house of a local resident. The house has a staff of two and is owned by an Italian family whose son managed the Lamu tower foundation and erection for us, and with whom we became good friends during our previous trips. It was nice to be able to have a cold shower and decent bed to sleep in before we began our camping adventure in Kiunga. The next morning we all met at Mkowe port and began our 5-hour drive to Kiunga. The Somalia border is less than five kilometers away and poses a serious security threat with refugees coming across the border illegally by foot daily. We set up camp and began rigging the tower to prepare for the camera installation. We were in Kiunga for two nights and departed for Lamu mid day. We had to rent a cargo boat locally to carry all of our equipment. We got everything loaded and shortly into the trip to Lamu, we saw the rains beginning to build. Within five minutes, we were in a deluge in an open cargo boat - what an adventure for sure! So we huddled under a small covered area and watched the boat operators get pelted with hard driving rains, shielding themselves with plastic sheets with slits cut out so they could see. We completed the Lamu site and moved to Ngomeni, near the city of Malindi, primarily an Italian-influenced area due to the San Marco Space Agency located there. We completed this site and moved back to the city of Mombasa. The training went better than I expected in light of the volume of information they had to absorb, but they were up to the task and during our OJT portion of the training, KNAV personnel became more confident, familiar, and, most importantly, trustworthy of the equipment we trained them to use. The safety equipment for our host nations as well as for me and my team is purchased from Primus and I have to thank Shannon O’Connor, Chris Pleibel, and the entire Primus staff for their dedication to our industry and their knowledge of what they are selling to their customers. It shows their commitment to the importance of safety, and to the tower industry as a whole, and to providing important information for those who work at heights. I look forward to returning to Kenya in the near future to extend the capabilities towards the southern coast of Kenya, but for now it is off to Nigeria for a new sensor installation in October. David Fuechsel is a Senior Project Manager for CSC and customer of Primus. CSC develops smart, technologyenabled solutions to solve clients' toughest challenges, demonstrating a commitment to excellence and a passion for exceeding expectations. Fuechsel’s previous contributions include,“Safety in the Industry” article featuring the harness and lanyard safety checklists in the 1Q and 2Q 2011 PrimeConnection newsletters. For more information about CSC, visit www.csc.com. Overlooking Ngomeni Masura Station Victor climbing safely to the top of Cannon Point 8 PrimeConnection | 4 TH QUARTER 2011
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