(174) 8/25, 26, 27/2023
Appalachian Trail relocation -2
on Surebridge Mountain - begins

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A wet but warm Friday morning

A Parks Department Ranger with a gator helped us move all our heavy tools very close to our worksite

Howie looks to see where we can place a safety belay

Chris gets the 8' slingshot ready

Trying to get a pull line over a branch high in the tree

Erik explains how to use a crazy eight belay device

Belay ready, time to assemble the tree ladder

Each 5' section is connected together one by one,
then strapped to the tree

Higher up, some branch trimming

Saturday morning safety meeting in the parking lot

Now in the woods lot

Let's all head on out, and up

Worksite base

Way up the hill, Dr. Dave has a big rock ready to go

All those big rocks, from here, are going for a ride

It doesn't look like much of a move
but it's down a very steep hill

Peter works hard on the griphoist

Using a saw head on the slingshot pole
to trim branches in the way of the highline

First rock on the move, Chris, keep your head down

The first of many big rocks
being moved to this staging area

Marty has rock #2 ready to go

On it's way to the staging area

Howie using the belay to control the descent

Last rock for today and it's ready to go

Now in the air and moving downhill

Our day is over, it's time to head back to the woods lot

Sunday morning walking in from the woods lot

Erik points to where relocation #2
will come down off the hill

Continuing on to our worksite base,
it was a challenge getting the cart up the hill

First rock of the day is all ready to go

The view from the rock pile

There is beauty everywhere, you just have to look

Chris works belay #2
while Peter starts setting up highline #2

And he is not far from the rock pile

Highline #2 (at the ladder)
will be perpendicular to highline #1

Meanwhile, Dan and Howie try to remove a stump

Working hard to cut it with a cutter mattock,
That didn't work

Next, Erik tries his chainsaw,
Nope that didn't work

Our last option for today,
pull it over with the griphoist,
That didn't work either

So for today it's
Tree Stump - 1, LDTC - 0

End of weekend crew meeting,
we will be back in 2 weeks



© Marty Costello-2023