Day 3 as a frack hand…
Pulled up into what can only be described as a river bed after 3 days of rain. The mud was literally hip deep, it was almost 100 degrees, and like 90% humidity. We had to rig up, do the first blast, wire line, do another one, and tear down…I was brand new and several hundred miles from home, zero experience and at the time still too tough to understand how messed up the situation was. 20% of the crew quit when we got back to the office, was told that’s normal. Boss bought us subway as a thanks.
That was the single hardest day of work I’ve ever done…in any field. It really set the bar high for what kinda nonsense I can deal with.
Pulled up into what can only be described as a river bed after 3 days of rain. The mud was literally hip deep, it was almost 100 degrees, and like 90% humidity. We had to rig up, do the first blast, wire line, do another one, and tear down…I was brand new and several hundred miles from home, zero experience and at the time still too tough to understand how messed up the situation was. 20% of the crew quit when we got back to the office, was told that’s normal. Boss bought us subway as a thanks.
That was the single hardest day of work I’ve ever done…in any field. It really set the bar high for what kinda nonsense I can deal with.