Pounding Stone

OK, I admit this isn't the most flattering picture from the trip, but we toured a granite quarry in Aswan. In ancient times they used basalt stone to chisel away at the quarry. Our leader picked up the basalt and started pounding the red granite. I piped up, "Wait a minute. Klopfenstein literally means pounding stone!" We had to take a few minutes to take several pictures of me pounding the granite. I was told to grimace as if I was working hard, but after this picture all I could do was laugh.