Dropped!

I dropped the thermometer from 100 ft up in the tower. As it fell, I had a hopeful vision of it just sticking into the mud down below and being fine. But it shattered with the thermometer upon impact. The sad part about this incident is that the thermometer had a leash on it. I put it on so that the undergrad that came up with me won't drop it. Bad karma. And nature threw us signs not to go out to the field. First, it rained. Then a fallen tree blocked the trail we use to get to the site. How could it get more obvious than a tree blocking your way? But we sure didn't see the sign and climbed over the tree with our bikes and a cart with equipment in it. From now on, I will turn around when there is a fallen tree blocking my path. And be nicer to undergrads.