Friday, August 13, 2010

week 12

Crew 1 headed out for a third week with the Tennessee Eastman Hiking Club. This week they continued on a Hardcore relocation project on Beartown Mountain. They put in some rock steps and cribbing and dug over 900 feet of sidehill. They also painted blazes and opened up two new relocations!! What a great week and an awesome way to wrap up the season!


Beautiful flora along the trail!



Picking blueberries!




Lopping roots out of the trail



Digging out stumps



Digging sidehill




The crew watching a beautiful sunset






Crew 2 headed out to Bluff City with the Roanoake AT Club to do some rehab. They put in some rocks steps, waterbars and checksteps. They were also busy making a lot of crush and fill. The amazing folks at Woods Hole Hostel invited the crew over for dinner Friday night and they spent Saturday night at the Corn Boil with RATC. Lots of hard work and lots of great food!!



Using the net to move large rocks



Making crush!


Rock work is fun!




Digging a hole for the waterbar




Sledging some more rock for crush and fill


And that's how they got so many heavy rocks moved!




Digging away!




One waterbar complete!



A few more to go!



What a great crew to end the season with!


Heading out to the worksite




Dismal Falls




Chili con mac.... one of Konnarock's best field meals! Thanks David! :)



The Corn Boil



Woods Hole Hostel


Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Week 11

Crew 2 heads to Flint Gap to work a second week on the relocation. The crew toughed out the 2 mile hike in to the worksite and managed to build 900 feet of new trail - thanks to a lot of help from the Carolina Mountain Club! They also stopped by Bristol Motor Speedway for a tour on the way home! It was another great week! Only one more too go....





The crew getting pumped up for the hike into the worksite!




Hanging out by the creek at the beautiful campsite :)



Bristol Motor Speedway




Whew... sure glad we shoot for 10% slopes on the AT!



Crew 1 spends a second week with the folks of Old Dominion AT Club doing Rehab near Paul Wolfe shelter. They installed some stepping stones across a stream crossing, put in 3 rock steps, cleaned out 12 waterbars, built a log boardwalk over a drain ditch and defined 600 feet of trail! Another awesome week for Konnarock!!





Working on the boardwalk



KONNAROCK!!!




The crew and some club members



We like to move big rocks!



Using the griphoist to place stepping stones