Crew 1: War Spur Relocation
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Week 8 has flown by and the season races on…
Over week 8, Crew 1 returned to the Mountain Lake Wilderness to continue our relocation at War Spur. This relocation is necessary and well overdue, as the existing section of trail is very steep, eroded, and just generally no fun to walk on.
This was an exciting week! Though there was plenty of sidehill digging, we also had a bit of variety in the work. Since we were working in a wilderness area, we got to bring out the crosscut saw and pretend to be lumberjacks for a few hours which was a lot of fun to do because none of the volunteers had ever used one before.
We also got to throw in a few steps and a bit of cribbing befor we got to a giant rock scramble where we got to put in some native paver, which is essentially just taking a chaotic, messy rock scramble and moving the rocks around to make a less chaotic, defined path across the scramble without having to do too much structural building.
Outside of work, we also had the chance to explore the lodge at Mountain Lake a bit where we were horribly misled abput the window of ice cream availability for the following day. We hiked out of work at the end of the day super excited for a refreshing treat and were upset to discover that the cafe had already closed for the day. However, we were unwilling to let our ice cream mission fail, so we drove all the way to Christiansburg to go to a Cold Stone Creamery. We also had the chance to check out a nice swimming spot along the New River which was surprising warm and pleasant to swim in after a week of hard work.
All in all, another excellent week!
--Sarah Ellsworth, Assistant Crew Leader
**Unfortunately, most of this week's photos were lost to a camera breakdown. If anyone has photos from the week they can add to the album, please send them to Kathryn at kherndon@appalachiantrail.org. Thank you!
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