One of us crawled on it and sat astride the stems, helping to put in place two more big
bamboo stems so that they reached the next bush further out in the stream. We used the same
method to place stems from one bush to the next, tying them up securely with rope or
creepers while some of us waited in the water to grab the stems and coordinate all the work.
We all helped one another and did whatever had to be done as best we could. Boisterous
shouts kept resounding and sometimes those who had to stay in the water for hours on end
would complain about the cold. The rain was still falling and the current kept flowing
furiously.
Before dusk, the bamboo bridge over the rapids was finally ready. Its width was that of
two stems laid across the stream in a zigzag course of four or five segments. It stretched just
above the water and kept wobbling with the swaying bushes we used as poles. At waist level,
along the whole length, we had tied a thin rope for our balance, to grab and pull as we walked
across.
One of us crawled on it and sat astride the stems, helping to put in place two more big
bamboo stems so that they reached the next bush further out in the stream. We used the same
method to place stems from one bush to the next, tying them up securely with rope or
creepers while some of us waited in the water to grab the stems and coordinate all the work.
We all helped one another and did whatever had to be done as best we could. Boisterous
shouts kept resounding and sometimes those who had to stay in the water for hours on end
would complain about the cold. The rain was still falling and the current kept flowing
furiously.
Before dusk, the bamboo bridge over the rapids was finally ready. Its width was that of
two stems laid across the stream in a zigzag course of four or five segments. It stretched just
above the water and kept wobbling with the swaying bushes we used as poles. At waist level,
along the whole length, we had tied a thin rope for our balance, to grab and pull as we walked
across.
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