Mike Pearson's Adventures on a Pale Blue Dot

This mostly a video post. I just dug these few clips up recently from the 2006-2008 years of the Sea to Sky Highway project. You will see in the beginning, several trim shots at Cut 14. These are gentle little shots to get the pioneering road in...and not destroy the power-lines and fiber-optic across the road. The excavator is there to control the blast mats when the shot goes off. The shot is designed so that the machine is not in any jeopardy. The highway is closed by traffic control people, but we only have a few minutes to get the shot done, clean the debris, and then re-open the road. On some days we have 5 minutes total. Some days are 10 to 20 minutes, depending on the time of day, day of the week, night/day and various holidays. There are blog posts that feature more detail on the whole Cut 14 adventure. There are also posts that detail the work on Cut 5, and show how close it is to the ferry terminal below. Cut 14...photos and stuff  http://adventuresinmikeslife.blog...

This is mainly a photo essay of the Cut 4 section/Segment 1, of the Sea to Sky project in West Vancouver BC. There isn't too much drama here. Cut 4 was the first major cut of the new section of highway. This is where our blasting team started to grow and begin to really gell. These entries won't really interest anyone, but the people who were there and maybe a few construction geeks. It's a good record of the work done. The first set of aerial pics are taken part way through the job. The birds eye shots will help to orient the viewer to the location of the photos and stories. These are all photos that I took...usually with Robin MacGregor flying the helicopter in the aerial shots. Several different cameras were used, hence the different quality in some photos. The untouched Eagleridge Bluffs.... The very first Tamrock Ranger 800 Rock Drill delivered from Traxxon...this is in Segment 2 Protester vehicle getting towed away The first bit of Drilli...