(196) 7/26,27,28/2024
New York Long Path rehabilitation
on Tallman Mountain - Continues

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Another beautiful morning in Parking lot “D"

Today's crew of 13 volunteers quickly gathers

Back at the rock pile discussing which rock will go first

This is it. The first rock to be moved today

We have a lot of rocks to move,
here is today's first rock on the line

And away it goes

Dan marks the next rock to be split

This time it's Marion drilling the holes

New feathers and wedges,
makes the task of inserting them easier and faster

Dan shows Marion how to set them

They are very easy to insert

Marion places the last three sets

Next it's tap, tap, tap, wait 1 minute

After Marion splits the rock,
Dan spreads the rock apart with a cold chisel

Now it's in a sling and ready to go uphill

Rock in the air

And slowly makes its way uphill

The rock has made it up to the worksite

And will soon be embedded in the trail

Looking further ahead,
we see evidence of Dr. Dave's chainsaw handiwork

Working the griphoist is a lonely task
Fortunately for Jim, a seat is nearby

Our crew meeting signals an end to Friday's efforts

Saturday morning
and another perfect day is forecasted

Terri starts drilling holes and breaking rocks

Rich takes over and drills a few more

While Rich keeps drilling
another rock goes for a ride

At the other end of this project,
we start setting up a highline

Peter is today's polecat

That's not quite high enough,
can you go a little higher?

With Joe on belay, Peter feels quite safe

Peter goes to the very top of the ladder,
and beyond

Safely on the ground,
Peter prepares the highline fixed end connection

New highline all set up before lunch break

After lunch, Linda started breaking rocks

And the rock begins to split

Just a few more tappy taps

... and BAM,
just like that it splits in half

Linda is onto the next rock,
with Dan as her sweeper

Wow she's good,
these rocks don't stand a chance

And another great day comes to an end

Sunday morning and today's tasks are:
move rocks, break rocks, move rocks, break rocks

Holes drilled, feathers and wedges in place,
rock begins to split

Dan completes the split with the help of a cold chisel

And away it goes uphill

Terri wears a big smile as she guides this heavy rock

Dan gets the sling around
the next rock going uphill

F&W in place, Terri begins the tappy tap

Dan has the next rock marked and ready

Terri takes over the drilling

Last rock for today,
Dan is drilling, Terri is sweeping

Our rock pile is quickly moving uphill

Moving uphill to our next staging area

This project is coming along nicely,
this section was completed in 2023

After the second turn, we continue heading uphill

Each step is kept in place using anchor rocks

Large, heavy, anchor rocks provide sustainability

This will be a long stairway up a very steep hill.
Rest areas or landings are part of the design

This is where we left off on Sunday, July 28, 2024

A quick 40 sec walk up our current project

Our project on a map, we are currently working
between Landing 1 & Landing 2

End of day crew meeting
Whew, we sure moved a lot of rocks this weekend



© Marty Costello 2013 - 2024