ride da rainbow rollacosta

two polesprings under the pressure of a recent blowdown across the trail. this will certainly present a hazardous cleanup job for chain-sawyers with the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club PATC. but I would just leave it be, since it looks cool.

Hammin it UP at the AT HeadQuarters Oct 10, 2011

Harpers Ferry HQ keeps photo albums of all Thru Hikers from 1970's to present day

October 11, 2011

great to be back in Virginia for a while

Music on Mountaintop August 2010

LtoR Scout aka El Crowster, T-Mello, Curly 








2008-2010 Trail Projects Revisited 2011

konnarock trail crew at Overmountain shelter, TN July 2010

In 2009 I got to be part of the crew to install this LLBean-funded boardwalk project in Pawling, NY

Chris and crew finished this project last week! Thank you Mid Atlantic Trail Crew!

I had to take a moment and enjoy this unique trail experience. This photo was taken during my 2011 SOBO thru-hike after zeroing in Brooklyn with the Young Bucks. The boardwalk meanders through 1/2 mile of phragmites, goldenrod, and loosestrife. Every weekend when the weather is nice people from NYC take the commuter train to the Appalachian Trail stop in Pawling, NY. Here the boardwalk leads visitors southbound towards the Dover Oak "supposedly the largest Oak tree on the A.T. Hikers can now keep their feet dry and experience a wetland environment without trampling it. Thanks to hard work of AT Conservancy staff and volunteers, we now have a wheelchair accessible path for nature observation.

Sand Spring, VA October 2009

MidAtlanticTrailCrew dug a newly relocated section of Appalachian Trail between Blackburn Trail Center and Bears Den Hostel. I got to walk this stretch today......I remembered the white blaze that Chiara SantaMaria painted on that tree,  the rock that Chris Brunton <PATC> placed for a step, and the gargoyle that Katherine Kellerher <PATC> set along the path. I even got my Dad and Rogebo to volunteer one week at this location. So I also remembered the stones moved by the Bubs.

 Here we see Mira (left) Noland (center) +2 using Pick/Mattocks and Rockbars to set a stone (October 2009.) Today, October 11th, 2011 I hiked through this here Sand Spring Relo. and can tell you with much confidence that rock has not moved an inch since.

 Johnny the Knife aka MarBo knows that trail work doesn't come to an end when the tools are dull. Grinding a fresh 45 on the mattock blade will help the next trail digger.