(194) 6/28,29,30/2024
New York Long Path rehabilitation
on Tallman Mountain - Continues

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We're all excited to see Howie back with the crew.

This is going to be a top 10 weather day

Back on site,
and Dan is already drilling big rocks

Next comes the feathers and wedges

Feathers and wedges are in place,
time for a little tappy tap

This is what it looks like in motion

We also use a variety of cold chisels

More holes drilled,
means more feathers and wedges

After the feathers and wedges are in place,
it's tappy tap, tappy tap, wait 30 seconds, repeat

Sometimes the feathers and wedges are not enough,
that's when we use a cold chisel

Going slow results in a clean break

While breaking rocks continue at the rock pile,
up on the trail, Russ works hard to remove a dead root

This is how we add a big crib wall rock,
and the next step

Lunch break, a lot of resting a little stretching,
now let's get back to work

Another big rock is on the move

Using rock bars, hammers and crush,
to make our steps safe and secure

Joe points out the obvious,
of course it's level

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Back at the rock pile, Dan is drilling more holes

What comes next?
why feathers and wedges of course

This one large rock, is now in two pieces

And a way it goes up the hill

End of day crew meeting,
the weather was near perfect today

Saturday morning begins,
with new volunteer David drilling some holes

New Volunteer Peter,
is trying his hand at drilling holes

Peter is amazed at how easy it is to crack rocks

It's a slow ride,
but all rocks will ride the wire

With more rocks to split, Howie picks up the drill

This is new volunteer Joel,
taking his turn with the hammer drill

Joel kept quite busy,
here he works the griphoist

David is back and drilling more holes

Dan explains to David,
the subtleties of using feathers and wedges

With the feathers and wedges firmly in place,
the rock slowly begins to crack

Some rocks need more than just feathers and wedges.
Here Peter is using a cold chisel

It's Sunday morning,
now it's Grace's turn to run the hammer drill

Next she does the tappy tap

It didn't split all the way,
so now Grace will use a cold chisel

That's what we call a successful crack

Now it's up to the step crew to pull this rock uphill

Here it is, and it's a big one

No matter which way you look at that's one big rock

It's safety break time again

Grace wants everyone to see,
that yes she can relax

The next rock needed,
is one big crib wall rock

The step building crew looks through the rock pile,
for the perfect crib wall rock

They found one, and boy that rock looks heavy

Howie is looking for,
the next big rock that needs to be cracked

He picked this one and it needs a lot of holes

It's Marty's turn to run the hammer drill

All holes drilled, feathers and wedges are in place

This is the last big rock to be moved today

A really productive weekend,
lots of new crib wall and several new steps

This is the rock pile we started with this year

This is what the pile looks like now,
we are really making progress

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