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Appalachian Trail rehabilitation
at Agony Grind - Continues

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Friday morning, Elk Pen parking lot

First thing to do is select the tools needed

Next look at the site and make a plan

Further up the hill,
Jim and Dan work on the next section

Here they are building a base for a new step

Back at section 4, Chris is going to use
a rope puller as a high-line

Chris uses a sling step to get a little higher

Down at section 2, Rich and George
adding more anchor rocks

Triple D harvesting gravel,
way easier than breaking rocks to make crush

Grey beards and mustaches,
hint at a very experienced crew

Section 4 is a very busy worksite

Getting the sling around the rock

Our first time using a rope-puller as a highline,
and it worked great

Now the rope-puller is pulling
a rock across the hillside

Using a sling through a sling
to increase pulling power

A little adjustment using a rock bar

A perfect 8 inch step

Not quite.
It will be level when we are done

EOD lower portion of section 4

Main portion of section 4

Further up the hillside
sections 5 and 6

Next up: Section 7

Pack up, it's time to head out

Section 2 now finished

Looking uphill at section 2

End of day crew meeting

Saturday morning,
another great day and another great turnout

With a few new faces
work continued on section 4

New volunteer Jeanne
works with Marty and Triple-D setting an anchor rock

New volunteer Rihanna works with Russ
to prep a hole for a step

Hikers, hikers, hikers,
after all, this is the Appalachian Trail

Triple D sets an anchor rock in by hand

There she is, that's our Terri making crush

Yes, every step we build will be level

Jeff helps Rihanna hook up the next big rock

Marty and Jeanne just found another anchor rock

A quick learner,
Jeanne already has the rock in a sling

Jeff shows Rihanna how to use the rope-puller,
while Jeanne holds the tail

Tension Puller! lift and pull
that big rock out of there

Stephanie and Russ finding more big rocks uphill

Dan making crush in section 6

3 Volunteers using a 4 person sling

When not making crush, Terri operates the griphoist

Who else loves to make crush?
Marion does

All our Volunteers really crush it

Bob and Dan making plans for section 6

End of day crew meeting.
We sure accomplished a lot today

Section 4, time lapse movie 1:36

Sunday morning, Stephanie has all the tools ready,
just pick up what you need

Howie and Dan have the hammers and tools
they need to build this trail

Stephanie is carrying a bucket of tools
and Russ has a backpack full of slings

Polecat Peter working on the highline

Butt… he's safe in his harness
and hanging on tight

Working hard to finish section 5

Peter getting ready to climb again.

Stephanie mastering the portawrap

Another level step for section 6

Len and George pause for a photo

Nice work guys, we will be back in two weeks

This weekend's beauty shot



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