{"id":222,"date":"2013-06-13T21:25:27","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T02:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swaziland2013.mcguireclan.org\/?p=222"},"modified":"2014-06-01T13:31:15","modified_gmt":"2014-06-01T18:31:15","slug":"tower-work-day-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/?p=222","title":{"rendered":"2013\/06\/13 &#8212; Tower Work &#8212; Day One"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_224\" style=\"width: 377px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/13Jun-Kaphunga1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-224\" class=\" wp-image-224 \" alt=\"Taking down the tower at Kaphunga.  Note the power line, two transmitter huts and fenced enclosures that had to worked around.  Also not the vine climbing one of the guy wires all the way up to the tower!\" src=\"https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/13Jun-Kaphunga1.jpg\" width=\"367\" height=\"490\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taking down the tower at Kaphunga. Note the power line, two transmitter huts and fenced enclosures that had to worked around. Also note the vine climbing one of the guy wires all the way up to the tower!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Today we dismantled a tower located at the top of a 3,000 foot peak near Kaphunga.\u00a0 By 11am it was loaded onto the truck for the two hour trip to a 4,550 foot\u00a0 mountain peak about 8 miles west of Mankayane.\u00a0 There we were able to get all but a 10 foot section of the tower up at the new site.\u00a0 We had to stop because the sun was setting.\u00a0 The drive down the rocky mountain road to Mankayane and on to Manzini in the dark took a little over an hour.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow morning we plan to complete the job.\u00a0 Thanks for your prayers and please continue praying for us as the tower gets topped off tomorrow.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_225\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/13Jun-Kaphunga2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-225\" alt=\"The tower sections and gin pole are already loaded on the truck and the cables are being prepared to leave Kaphunga for the two hour trip to Mankayane.\" src=\"https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/13Jun-Kaphunga2-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The tower sections and gin pole are being loaded on the truck and the cables are being prepared to leave Kaphunga for the two hour trip to Mankayane.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_226\" style=\"width: 438px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/13Jun-Mankayane1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226\" class=\" wp-image-226 \" alt=\"The first section is in place and the gin pole has been secured to lift the second section into place at the mountain peak site west of Mankayane.\" src=\"https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/13Jun-Mankayane1.jpg\" width=\"428\" height=\"571\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The first section is in place and the gin pole has been secured to lift the second section into place at the mountain peak site west of Mankayane.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_227\" style=\"width: 438px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/13Jun-Mankayane2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-227\" class=\" wp-image-227 \" alt=\"The second section being bolted onto the bottom section.\" src=\"https:\/\/mcguirereport.mcguireclan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/13Jun-Mankayane2.jpg\" width=\"428\" height=\"571\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The second section being bolted onto the bottom section.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we dismantled a tower located at the top of a 3,000 foot peak near Kaphunga.\u00a0 By 11am it was loaded onto the truck for the two hour trip to a 4,550 foot\u00a0 mountain peak about 8 miles west of Mankayane.\u00a0 There we were able to get all but a 10 foot section of the 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