Greetings! I am Ed Medley, a Geopractitioner, specializing in Geological Engineering. (The differences between the various “geo-disciplines” of geopractitioners are described here and here.) Most of my working life I have worked – practiced – geology, geotechnical/soil engineering and rock engineering. See here for why I call myself a Geopractitioner.
In 1969, at age 20, I started my the random walk of a “career” adventuring in mineral exploration prospecting in the wilds of Canada. I never dreamed then that my life would become a jig-saw puzzle of so many experiences, challenges, ambitions, successes and failures of the GeoKind. My unusual career is summarized in the About/Vitae page of my personal website. I am now in my mid-70’s. I am on a glide path to obscurity, my working life diminished. I no longer have the push of ambition that I once had. But I am still proud and amazed at how my geopractice evolved from the clueless/careless 20-year old me to the retiring old man I am now. And I want to share some of the tales of my geopractice.
So, this site, which for over a decade has been a billboard heralding my achievements and talents, is now refurbished as a library of GeoTales ranging from my silly mistakes to proud achievements; from academic frustrations to research ahas!; from funny to serious projects.
My personal tales of family, travel, life suceeses/failures, musings with poems and snapshots still appear on edmedley.com.
Go to my website bimrocks.com for information and musings on the characterization of bimrocks, complex geological mixtures of hard blocks of rock embedded in weak, often soil-like matrix, such as melanges, fault rocks and weathered rocks.