NY-NJ Trail Conference

Long Distance Trails Crew

We Rock Your Trail

(151) 7/22, 23, 24/2022
Long Path at Lake Skannatati - begins

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Friday morning Lake Skannatati and it will be a scorcher

From parking lot to worksite

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Russ gets started on the first section of turnpike

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Dr. Dave starts clearing the down trees

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Trees down quickly turn into dams and flood the entire area

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I can‘t hear you Joe . is this too tight?

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Jeff takes a necessary water break

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Joe starts assembling the stick ladder

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While climbing the tree, Joe has to assemble one ladder section at a time

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It‘s Dr. Dave‘s turn to climb the extension ladder

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Joe and Jeff keep a good hold on the belay line

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Dr. Dave is going to climb to the top of the ladder

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At the top, Dr. Dave connects a block to this spar tree

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Our first crew meeting at Lake Skannatati

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Saturday morning: it‘s going to be another very hot day

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Pack mule Jeff carries in the second Highline cable

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Dan is popping those rocks you trip over, out of the trail

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Chris and Peter, continue to set up highline #1

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Everyone is looking for Marty‘s lost shaker of salt

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Log on the line

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Terri uses a rock bar to lift this boulder

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Dan and Russ try to move this one by hand

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Saturday‘s crew meeting…
the weather is getting hotter

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Sunday morning and Peter is still cutting logs

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Russ and Peter extending the new turnpike

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Here is a large boulder we need to extricate

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Making it level makes for more enjoyable hiking

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More rocks and crush added to the turnpike

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All stepping stones and pavers will be level

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Another rock on the line

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That‘s Russ now working the griphoist

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End of weekend look at our current work site