(193) 6/14,15,16/2024
New York Long Path rehabilitation
on Tallman Mountain - Continues

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Friday morning,
Piermont NY, parking lot D

Weather forecast, it's gonna be a great weekend

Today we start breaking down these big rocks,
into a size we can use

We will try to break this big one into three pieces

Dan starts by drilling holes
for the feathers and wedges

Feathers and wedges now in place

Tapping the wedges,
and the rock begins to crack

Well done,
A nice clean break

And away it goes, up the hill

Today's step building work crew,
welcomes their next step

Safety break,
take a pause, have a snack, drink some water

This one looks like it will be easy to break,
so we spaced out the holes

And there it goes,
cracked right where we wanted it to

Another big step makes it's way safely to the top

The steps work crew is busy making a base for it

Base now ready, time to move the step into place

Keeping our worksite safe,
by using signs, cones and fencing

Friday 6/14/2024
Time laspe 2:54

Now back at lot D for our end of day crew meeting

A beautiful Saturday morning,
and the crew begins to assemble

Most of the crew heads up the trail
to the steps work site

Other crew members get ready to break big rocks

Constructing an intermediate staging area

Dan drilling holes for the feathers and wedges

Wedges are in, let's break this rock

It broke all right, just not where we wanted it to

Now this one needs a little modification

And then up the hill it goes

That's Jeff working the griphoist, lifting that big rock
and Joe keeping the cable from kinking

With so many rocks to lift,
Jeff wasn't the only one working the griphoist

While all that was going on,
the Chief and Dr. Dave, were setting the next pull line

Here is a good photo of today's 2 work crews

Marion starts the base for the next step,
while Terri and Russ pull it in

Tom is smoothing out the base for the next step

Linda and Marion working to get the step level

The “breaking the rocks" work crew is at it again

In addition to feathers and wedges,
we often use cold chisels

Oops, this one didn't break the way we expected

We got the biggest piece ready to go for a ride

And away it goes,
this will be the last rock moved today

Saturday 6/15/2024
Time laspe 3:20

The step building work crew is making great progress

While we are not onsite,
this dangerous rock pile is secured by a safety fence

Sunday morning, another beautiful day
with another great volunteer turnout

The step building workcrew,
is continuing up the hillside

Len points to the next section we will be working on,
and it doesn't get any easier

Another big rock is ready to be set into place

Making it right, and making it level

Letting the public know we're here,
and trying to keep everyone safe

The rock breaking workcrew,
searches for the next big rock to go for a ride

Found it, now on its way to the step building work crew

Taking a short pause at the staging area

Keeping busy
with another big rock going for a ride

No feathers and wedges this time,
Dan tries using only cold chisels

Great job Dan.
You don't need no stinking feathers and wedges

Last crew meeting for the weekend.
Thank you to everyone who joined us.



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