That Dreaded Stone

Plan B is often the route to take in Sudan. Rarely does anything go as planned here. We have struggled greatly with a granite stone that lies in the place of our anchor. We tried many things to remove it (check previous posts) and looked at many other options. The route we are taking now is to remove the (not much) softer stone in front of it and put the anchor there. While this means the shape of our approach will have to change a little, it saves us hundreds and perhaps thousands of dollars from bringing in expensive equipment and lets us continue working right now. Note the large cracks in the rock that we have been able to put in by simply hammering large chisels into the stone.