NY-NJ Trail Conference

Long Distance Trails Crew

We Rock Your Trail

(47) 5/13, 14, 15/2016
Appalachian Trail
Relocation on Black Mountain - continue

1- Andre will be the ploecat today

Andre will be the polecat today

2-time to move the wire to another tree

Time to move the high-line wire to another tree

3-moving the wire to this tree

Moving the wire to this tree

4- Saturday mornning

Saturday morning

Saturday morning - movie

5-Bob R on the Grip-hoist

Bob R on the griphoist

6-first rock of the day

First rock of the day

7-Rock #2

Rock #2 on it‘s way

8-hikers always interested in our work

Hikers consistently stop and watch

9-Teri helps keep the rock stable

Terri helps keep this one stable

Terri - movie

11-Erik describing the shape of the cribwall

Erik describing the shape of the crib wall

Peter and Don

Now here comes a rock to fit in the hole

12-time to repair the Grip-hoist

Time to repair the griphoist

13-New shear pins installed

New shear pins installed

Shear pin movie

15- End of day saturday view 1

End of day Saturday view 1

16- End of day saturday view 2

End of day Saturday view 2

17- End of day saturday view 3

End of day Saturday view 3

18-Saturday end of day crew meeting

Saturday end of day crew meeting

19-Sunday morning at the parking lot

Sunday morning at the parking lot

Erik explains his vision

20-Erik working the Grip-hoist

Erik working the griphoist

21- David still making crush

David and a crush hammer - perfect together

Jeff likes rock and roll - movie

22-Chris finds a seat to work the belay

Chris finds a seat while working the belay

Chris‘s seat - movie

Another rock on the line

23- Lou found another big rock

Lou finds another big rock

That‘s a big rock - movie

24- this big one will be in the cribwall

This big one will be in the crib wall

25- Jeff and Peter with the hand sling

Jeff and Peter using the hand sling

Hand sling movie

27- Lou finds another big one

Lou finds another big one

Lou - movie

29- another big rock for the cribwall

Another big rock for the crib wall

30- Erik looking for the item number

Erik checking to see which side should be up

31- Mihal resting after making crush

Michal resting after making crush

Michal - movie

32-Lou finds another big rock

Lou locates yet another big rock

33-This rock will be a step

This big rock will be a step

Using the rope puller - movie

35-Jeff pushes the rock into place

Jeff pushes the rock into place

36-Another step set in place

Another step set in place

37-this is our last step for today

This is our last rock for today

38-lower section cribwall and crush

Lower section crib-wall and crush

39-upper cribwall holding back the crush

Upper crib-wall holding in the crush

40-Crush crush and more crush

Crush crush and more crush

41-Another end of day crew meeting

Another end of day crew meeting