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'''Remembrances of My Life as a Geophysical Observer with Petty Geophysical Working in the Amazon Jungle in Peru in the early 1970's'''

by Hugh Pickens

Article Begun on December 26, 2018

I recently ran across some photos that I took in the early 1970's when I worked for Petty Geophysical in the Amazon Jungle in Peru. From 1973 to 1975 I worked as a Geophysical Observer managing an eighty man geophysical team and running the instruments as we did a large scale geophysical survey exploring for oil. It seems that the me of almost 50 years ago is another person altogether. I remember being him and I remember how I felt in my first really challenging job and how I responded. Yet although I remember being him, he is another person, someone I remember being. I decided to just put some of these photos on the web. I don't have time now to label each one or write a detailed article. I will just leave these photos up and write some captions for them as I have time and the spirit moves me.

All photos copyright Hugh Pickens and may not be copied or used with my express permission.

==Names==
Let me write down some names of people that I used to work with on the Geophysical Survey team.  Maybe one of these people will do a search on their name and find it here. 

[http://archives.aapg.org/explorer/2011/05may/historical0511.cfm Richard Hollenbaugh], Peter Wilkie, Doug Broussard, Leo Ledene, Trevor Hill, Bob Brady, Al Kerekes, [https://variety.com/2015/film/obituaries-people-news/jorge-estrada-mora-argentinian-producer-dies-at-68-1201666292/ Jorge Estrada]. If we worked together, please contact me at hughpickens@gmail.com.

==About the Author==
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