Friday, October 15, 2010

October 13, 2010


Bahnhof Enge and around in kreis 2. This is a really beautiful part of the city that I visit much too rarely.

This week is indeed the week of the miners. The 33 miners trapped in a mine in Chile all got rescued and the longest tunnel in the world, the basis tunnel of the Gothard pass here in Switzerland, 57 km long, was finished. Both exploits were huge successes, the miners in Chile was saved 2 months ahead of schedule and the two tubes of the Gothard tunnel met at only 8 cm divergence. I hope that the aftermath of the events will be as positive as the feelings this week. When your trapped in a black hole for almost three month I guess a lot of things will happen in your head, apparently one guy decided to get married but I wonder how many of the guys decided to get a divorce or make another radical change in their lives. You can do an awful lot of thinking in three months. I am also curious to see how many of them that will stay in the mining industry.

With all the glory being cast on the miners this week I wonder if this will be the new dream job for young boys.

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