Mount Rushmore, hanging in the sky, working on an eye. Not a single man or woman died during the 14 years of blasting and carving to create the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Photo #29 by Charles D’Emery / NPS
Mount Rushmore, hanging in the sky, working on an eye. Not a single man or woman died during the 14 years of blasting and carving to create the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Photo #29 by Charles D’Emery / NPS
That picture is freaking me out.
How do you remove yourself from that situation?
One of the History Channel's documentaries on the carving has a snippet of the last guy on the mountain finishing up work for the day, hanging down the side in a bosun's chair.
The dynamite had been placed, ready to be set off at the end of the work day (to allow the dust and debris to settle over night), however, a storm moved in and lightning set the blast off.
The guy had his boots blown off, but was back at work the next day.
The dynamite guys would get headaches from touching the nitroglycerin when cutting the sticks down to the needed charge size.
