>> echo but in translation as I swung around on my lead
 >> was 'dunno, got any ideas?'.  My guys hauled me back
 >> up to the yard-arm where I perched for a bit til they
 >> could run my spare glasses up then (chuckles) duct-
 >> taped them to my face and sent me back down (rotten

 > BM> I'm really surprised that the duct tape didn't just slide off your fac
 > BM> in that heat.  You must have been dripping.

 > They taped it all the way around the back of my head
 > into my hair .  I looked very silly indeed.  Had to

And how did you get the duct tape off?  (Interesting visions come to mind.)

 > wear leather gloves to grip things because my hands
 > were so sweaty.

Not to mention that everything was so hot.  That brings up more questions: 
How many pairs of leather gloves do you have to have available, and how
long do they last with all that sweat and heat?  Come to think of it, you
must have lots of spare everything, not only for wear and tear on the
items, but also to defend yourself from prickly heat, heat rash, or
whatever, and fungal and bacterial infections from constant sweating--I
assume it isn't air conditioned below decks.

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