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Long Path at Landing Road - continues

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After Thursday‘s heavy rain, sections of the new trail were flooded

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Russ works uphill from the trail to direct the water

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A water channel is needed here so the water can cross the trail without damaging it

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Higher up the mountain the water spreads everywhere

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Erik works to combine a few small runoffs into one

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Marty and Erik dig an alternate channel near the top

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Taking a break from water control

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Building a ‘salmon ladder‘ at our new water channel

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Each opening is carefully measured

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Protecting the trail from the flow of water

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Water channel completed

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Erik uses his farm jack to lift this bad boy

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End of day crew meeting,
in some places water is still standing

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It‘s Saturday morning and the crew quickly gathers

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Yesterday was all about water control,
today its back to moving big rocks

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Dan holds the highline
while Russ puts a sling on the rock

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Preparing a base for the next large rock

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The next big rock is going to be really big

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Dan and Don get the hole ready

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Here it comes and it‘s a really big rock

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Don checks the hole and is sure the rock will fit

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It takes a rope puller, belay, six hands and a foot,
just to move this rock

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A safety break surprise

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Yes that is hail you see in the picture

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3/8‘ hail, glad we had our hardhats on

Hail video

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Even the big rocks have to be level

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The next step is on the line

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The highline makes moving these big rocks, look easy

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That step is in, now on to the next one

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We will use the saved mineral soil on the treadway

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This large rock will be part of the crib-wall

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It will definitely keep the steps in place

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Another large rock for the crib wall

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Dan keeps a tight grip on the belay

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Using large boulders help keep the trail stabilized

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Don builds a ramp up to today‘s first step

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He puts in a dam then fills behind it with crush

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First the crush then the mineral soil, now the trail is ready for hikers

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Saturday end of day crew meeting

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A cold Sunday morning and we‘re back to moving big rocks

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Our current worksite is on a very steep hillside

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Lissa uses a safety line to pull herself uphill

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Eric leads the crew in a group sing-along

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Our next rock has a long uphill trip

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The trail will go right through here

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Erik has the next big rock on the line

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We will fit the rocks together to keep the trail stable

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It takes many big rocks to make a stable crib wall

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Preparing a space for the next big rock

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Using the belay, Joe keeps this big rock under control

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We always use really big rocks to support the trail

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Joe has control of the next big step

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More big rocks placed around it to keep the trail in place

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End of day Sunday, really looks great

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After only 2 crew weekends, we went from this

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To this, Great job everyone



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