10-16-2005, 11:21 AM
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Everybody Stretch!
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Pa. USA
Posts: 11,637
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Originally Posted by sodaklostsoul
Well.......being from South Dakota yes I have seen it, but at the time I went you could not get very close to it and work was at a stand still then too. It's really cool to see, worth the trip, also catch Mt. Rushmore and the BadLands too. Beautiful place!!!
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Thanks soda! I'm guessing you saw the monument before the arm was walkable? Did you live close enough to hear the blasts when they happened?
Mr. Lixy said they are such tiny blasts (so as not to blow anything away that is going to be part of the finished sculpture), but that they do quite a few at once. And then they have to chisel, secure and clean up the blast area before they can go on to another part. It sound tedious, to say the least!
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