(131) 7/23, 24, 25/2021
Upper Nyack Trail completetion
also more Beach stairs
& 2 Bear cables installed

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Friday morning, looking forward to a great weekend

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Today we will finish replacing these temporary steps

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This is what they look like at the end of our last outing

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The finished steps scream ‘Come this Way‘

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The first hikers to use the new steps

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At the beach stairs project, more rocks are delivered

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We will need many more rocks to complete this project

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It‘s a great beginning but there‘s a long way to go

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Of course all steps will be level

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Level both front to back and side to side

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Making crush ahead of time is a great time saver

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We also use rocks from the previous set of steps

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Friday‘s crew meeting in the shade

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Saturday‘s Beach stairs crew

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Marion pauses for a photo

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Jeff still making crush

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Marion and Terri working in the griphoist

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Jeff guides the next step into place

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Crush crush and more crush

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End of day Saturday and making great progress

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Everything fits together nicely

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Yes we all know Jeff is outstanding in his field

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Saturday morning and the gator is loaded

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At the site, Erik lays out the project

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Chris begins drilling the anchor holes

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Marking the drill bit so the holes would not be too deep

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Not a bad view

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Work progresses steadily

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Don is up a tree trimming branches

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This is the cable we will use for the food bags

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Setting up the main cable with guards, pulleys & spacers

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Getting ready to tighten the main cable

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Erik splices the main cable to the turnbuckle

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We had an audience all day

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Sure blends in nicely

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That‘s one beautiful rat snake

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Making our final connections

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Sunday morning crew 1 at the Beach stairs

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We put crush in and around each step and anchor rock

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This cracked rope-puller pawl spring needs replacement

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End of Saturday with the Beach stairs crew

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Jeff checking to make sure all steps are solid

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Sunday morning, crew 2 prepping in the parking lot

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Using the grinder to trim the ends

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Everyone is ready, it‘s time to go

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It‘s about a 40 minute hike to the shelter

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Lissa learning the art of drilling the anchor holes

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Very important to keep the drill bit cool

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Lissa keeps drilling, Chris gets the dust out of the holes

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Erik splices the main cable to the anchor bolt

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With a splice and a clamp this cable will not come loose

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Time to hang the main cable

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Cutting the main cable to length

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Lissa tightening the anchor bolts

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Setting up to connect to turnbuckle

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Peter learns how to splice the cable

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Using the grinder to trim the ends

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The hard part is crimping the cable ends together

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A butts eye view of the complete installation

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Lissa gets ready to test the rig

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With the pulley at the top it‘s an easy left

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Food bag in the air and the line is secure

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Since we were already there we cleared a blow down

7-25-21 Brien Shelter Gator ride

Gator ride down the mountain
Click the photo below to see the video

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Back at the road we have to open the gate

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A big thank you to the Parks Rangers and helpers

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Crew recap meeting in the parking lot



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