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Lumber sawers

Chitral Valley, Pakistan

The way you make lumber in this part of the world is you saw a log into planks yourself. It takes two. If there is a lot of sawing to be done, they will dig a pit to allow the lower sawyer to stand. Two experienced guys can accomplish quite a lot in a day, producing a dozen very sturdy planks.

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