(59) 4/7, 8, 9/2017
West Mountain - Harriman State Park
Appalachian Trail rehabilitation - begins

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1 parking lot

First crew outing of 2017

3- tools 1

We have lots of heavy tools to get up the mountain

2-tools

Lots and lots of heavy tools

4-tools 2

When the road ran out, we improvised

5 our quarry site

Our 1st. quarry site

6 pole cat Dr. Dave is at it again

Polecat Dr. Dave is at it again

7 marty & Chris inspect the GH

Marty & Chris inspect the griphoist

8 this needs some adjustment

This needs some adjustment

9 first rock on the line

First rock on the line

10- end of day 1

End of day 1, crew recap meeting

11 day 2 begins

Day 2 begins

12 back up West Mt.

Back up West Mt.

13 Jeanne on th GH

That‘s Jeanne on the griphoist

14 Dr Dave on the belay

Dr. Dave on the belay

15 waiting for the rock to get there

This rock goes for a 2 minute ride

16 we will move a lot of rocks today

We will move a lot of big rocks today

17 here is a section in need of improvement

Another section of the A.T. in need of improvement

18 it‘s a little better, still needs more done

It‘s a little better, still needs more work

19 Day 3 and a we have a large crew today

Day 3, we have a large crew today

20 and we start by moving more rocks

Ok .Let‘s move some rocks

20a Jeff has another one

Jeff finds a nice one, it will make a great step

21 Sandy digs a big hole for the first step

Sandy prepares a big hole for the very first step

22 Erik adjusting the highline

Erik adjusting the highline

22a Wow Marty caught resting

Marty waiting for the high-line

23 Erik and Jeff moving the first step

Erik and Jeff trying to control the first step

24 this one is a big one

All hands on deck, this is one big rock

25 a final adjustment before we set it in

One final adjustment before we set it in place

26 Teri connects the block

Terri learning how to connect the shackle

27 Gale on the belay

Gale has a good grip on the belay

28 this part of the crew is working on the wet area

This part of the crew is working on the wet area

29 Bob R building a waterbar

Bob R building a one rock waterbar

30 WB Step 1

Waterbar building Step 1

31 WB step 2

Waterbar building step 2

32 Everyone wants to swing the big hammer

Garrison really gets into swinging the big hammer

33 sometimes a smaller one is needed

Don uses a small hammer for the detailed work

34 break thoes rocks make some crush

Break those rocks make that crush

35 Jeff needs a little help with his pack

Jeff needs a little help lifting his pack

36 Time to head out

The day / weekend is over it‘s time to head out

36a Why did the turkey cross the road

Why did the turkeys cross the road?

End of day, end of this weekend, recap meeting

End of day, end of this weekend, recap meeting



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