Appalachian Trail Maintenance Trip

Here are some photos from my recent trail maintenance trip with the Rocky Top Crew and the Appalachian Trail Confrence within the Great Smokey Mountain Park in October. Click on pictures for a bigger view

Rebuilding of a "Crib Wall" in Newfound Gap


Picture from the trail at
Newfound Gap 29 K  

David on the "Crib"
37 K  

Dana with the rock drill
74 K 

Janet - Camp Coordinator
& awesome cook 23K  

Sarah aka "Sister Sledge"
60 K 

Trail Ribbon Cutting
61 K 

Cribwall Finished Photo
72 K 

Me back at Newfound Gap
a week after finishing 72 K 
     

Spence Field Trail Relo and water diversion project


Our fearless leader & Trail
Coordinator, Andrew 110 K  

The beginning of the project
83 K  

Janet cracks the whip
87 K 

New drain pipes
behind Sarah 66K  

Crib wall starting to
take shape 88 K  

As I told many of you
we didn't move little rocks  

Janet cracks the whip
87 K 

New drain pipes
behind Sarah 66K  

Kitchen tent &
Socializing area 59 K  

British Bill
68K  

Carolina Dave
80 K 

Tennessee Volunteer
Clay 85K  

Dana aka
Danny Bonnadoochie 73 K  

Shape those rocks
81 K  

AT Thru Hiker & Denali
Assaulter, Richard 87 K 

Sister Sledge
83K  

The placing of the Geotextile
Fabric & Richard 59 K  

Crush & Fill Time
Beginning of the end 83 K  

David w/cargo pack loaded
with tools 77 K 

Group photo on the
finished wall/drainage project 79K  

The last morning &
our last breakfast 48 K  

What do mean no more
Oatmeal? Ahhhhhh!!!! 86 K  

A sad time
The breaking of camp 93 K 

Our pile of gear & the
horses it rode in on 72K  

The bodies of the volunteers
who didn't make it 83K  

Returning camp to the
way we found it 96 K