(181) 11/3, 4, 5/2023
Appalachian Trail relocation
on Surebridge Mountain
eastern/southern section - continues

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Friday 11/3/2023
A cool but bright and sunny day

The hike to our worksite
is always enjoyable

Arriving at our worksite base

Howie deciding on what tools he'll need today

Chris hikes up the hill
to check out our worksite

Dr. Dave thinks this rock should go next

Russ gets right to work prepping the crib-wall

Dr. Dave has the first rock of the day,
in a sling and ready to go

With Howie on belay,
it‘s time to move this rock

Joe is on his hands and knees
making crush, we always need more crush

Sandy lets Joe know he‘s doing a great job

Dan and Dr. Dave
working hard to get the cable connected

Sandy smiling away while working the grip hoist

Russ checks the dimensions of the next big rock

Russ calls out,
Ready Hoist?… .Tension Hoist

Dan lends Sandy some extra muscle
to lift and move this big rock

Yes… a perfect fit

Howie controls the rock using the belay

Russ and Jeff get another rock ready
to go for a ride on the highline

We got it this far, enough for today
it's 3 o'clock, time to head out

A great photo of Sandy
photobombed by Dan

Jeff has his hands full
helping Chris repack the shooting line

With the sun on our faces,
it's all smiles for today

Saturday morning begins
with a great volunteer turnout

The sun is shining
and a mild day is forecasted

Planning a support for the transition

Jeff, Russ and new volunteer Len
pick up where they left off yesterday

Marty uses a rope-puller to pull it into place

Looks nice,
but a little too much out of level

Move it out of the way,
and hammer off a piece of bedrock

Jeff is a great trailside ambassador,
helping young hikers understand what we do

Terri is on the grip-hoist right now
and loving every minute

Rich and Dr. Dave have found
a rock to be used as a pillar
to support the transition

It's long and skinny,
just what we need

Howie trims a stump
so the rocks will fit tightly together

Russ found the next rock for the crib-wall

Jeff works it across the steep hill

Slowly guided into place

With pillar rock in place,
the one with the yellow tape is next

Slowly moving it across the hillside

Should it go this way?

Or this way?
either way this side is high

We moved it out of the way,
now make a hole

There's a lot of rocks and roots,
this won't be easy

Over at the transition area
it's time to move big rocks

Peter digs in and pushes it into place

A little push with a rock bar
and it's done

Great day everyone, we accomplished a lot today

A great Sunday is underway
with 8 volunteers ready to go

Less and less leaves on the trees

This is our base
for this section of the relocation

Howie and Peter continue working at the transition

This rock is in the way,
let‘s move it out of here

This big rock is on its way to Russ

Now Russ wants to move a really big rock

It‘s all hands on deck
trying to get the sling around it

New volunteer Tom makes it look easy

Now in a sling, it‘s ready to go for a ride

Jim is ready at the grip-hoist
with Tom standing by to help

Tension Hoist!

It‘s out of the ground and on the move

After getting it this far, it was decided
it was just too heavy to move safely

Don't want to say it, but
we have to give up on this rock

Peter has the next
one already on the move

After a few minor adjustments, it‘s in and level

This big rock is for the transition area

Using brute force
Dan locks it in place

Howie has found the next border rock

After digging a footing,
the border rock is in place

Border rocks are in place,
it‘s time for crush and mineral soil

A whole lot of crush was needed here

That‘s enough crush,
now cover it all with mineral soil

Nice job, wasn‘t that always there?

Back at the woods lot, after a very productive day

Final crew meeting for this weekend



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