(199) 9/4,6,7,8/2024
New York Long Path rehabilitation
on Tallman Mountain - Continues

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Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Nyack Beach - Hook Mountain Greenway
Haverstraw Beach State Park

This tandem dump truck will transport a lot of rocks

Picking up a truck load of loose pieces

Dr. Dave marks the rocks we want

Then the excavator picks them up

And puts them in the truck

Over and over again

Until the truck is full

Last rock
and delivery

Friday, September 6, 2024
same place, different day.
Welcome to parking lot D

That's Joe #1 sporting his new steel toe slippers

The step building part of the crew,
on the way to the worksite

The upper part of the crew
starts moving rocks downhill

It's Joe #2 on the Griphoist,
making it all go up and down

The chief works the mid-way point

At the new pile of rocks,
Marion takes a deep breath before starting

Marty and Marion start separating the pile

The chief pitches in to help move the big ons

We have to break these large rocks,
into pieces we can use

Marion starts on one with a visible crack

While waiting for that one to crack,
she starts on the next one

After lunch, more drilling

Marty steps in to give Marion a break

Next Marion sets the feathers and wedges

Using a 2 pound hammer, Marty does the tappy-tap

Marty uses the cold chisel,
Marion rescues the feathers and wedges

Finally, the rock breaks

It's 3 o'clock and we have eight holes drilled,
we'll wait until tomorrow to break this rock

End of Day crew meeting,
a small but productive crew

It's Saturday morning, I bet you guessed it,
lot D

New volunteer Trinity has returned,
and is eager to break some rocks

Sometimes,
the feathers and wedges are not quite enough

Finding secure footing while drilling can be difficult

Some rocks don't break right where you want them to

This small piece,
took several attempts to get it right

This is a thin section so the holes can be further apart

Trinity's smile says it all,
she's having a great time

Look closely, the rock is beginning to crack

A few more tappy taps, and the crack widens

It's hard to tell from this view,
but we have already broken many rocks

Sunday 9/8/204
and a crew of 8 volunteers out today

Trinity is back and already hard at work

In less than an hour,
she's onto rock number two

We made great progress this weekend,
only a few more large ones to break

The evidence is everywhere

Last crew meeting for this weekend

Moving on up

and up

8 new steps this weekend,
bringing our step total to 85

More challenges await



© Marty Costello 2013 - 2024