Don't feel sorry for you, I have to sit at a desk all day in the dry and warmth, now that deserves some sympathy.It looks like a bad decision but this is what we got to do in wet season to get paid and keep our equipment operating.
I am glad it is not like this all year and I respect the people who have to do the same shit work in snow or winter ice conditions. I rather do this at 35 degrees C instead of being frozen to the bone.