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Marydell - White trail relocation - continues

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Friday morning August 16, 2019

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Sunday afternoon August 18, 2019

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As always it all starts with moving big rocks

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Resident supervisor ‘George‘ keeps a watchful eye on us

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Joe and Dr. Dave looking for the step number

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Another big rock on the line

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We have to move a lot of rocks in this section

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Friday lunch break

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More big rocks go for a ride on the high-line

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Here comes another one

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High-line, rope-puller, belay and rock bars needed here

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It‘s lunchtime and already the path is taking shape

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Using the rope-puller with the high-line

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This big one will be an anchor rock

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End of day Friday, still looking like a pile of rocks

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Saturday morning, 11 volunteers today

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Back at work on the stepping stones

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Another big anchor rock

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Lissa on the griphoist, Peter working the rope-puller

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This one will be a stepping stone

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Several stepping stones are now in place

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Another stepping stone being moved into place

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It still looks like just a pile of rocks

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Don holds the rock up while Russ checks the level

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Another anchor rock goes for a ride

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Erik explains to Mike the next section needs side-hilling

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Mike begins side-hilling

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This section just needed to be raked

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Carlos and Mike carve out a new path

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New trail still needs work but you can see the path

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Just roll that rock out of the way

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Today‘s special find

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This is a large grouping of very old grape vines

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All growing toward the sun light

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High-line, rope-puller, rock bars, hands & feet, we use everything to move these big rocks

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The last stepping stone in this section

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Dr. Dave does some custom trimming for a better fit

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The chisel was too slow so next came the double jack

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Making sure every step is level

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End of day Sunday

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Circus camp starts tomorrow

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End of day crew meeting



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