When pathing a hop, it helps to know what you're looking at. That way, the dishes you're manipulating can look at each other as well. So, when the sun is high in the sky and you say "There's the other tower," it might be a good idea to place some reference marks on the tower or use some way to remember it. That way, when it gets dark and all you see is a bunch of towers with similar beacons and side-markers on the horizon, you can say with confidence that you're pointed at the right one.
Unfortunately, we didn't think of that before the sun went down, so Ollie and Nick had no idea which tower we were on. Finally, Chad asked if I had my green laser. This is a silly question because I always have my green laser--which people always give me shit about. I had Mark climb it up to Justin and he pointed it towards Ollie and Nick...twenty miles away. We thought it was a futile attempt, but got surprising results. Ollie said it was "As bright as the brightest beacon on the horizon," and that "I wept with joy at the beauty of it's shimmering emerald essence..." I made that second part up.
In short, the laser I usually use to jack with people saved our asses and we were able to get home by 1am instead of staying up all night.
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