adatesman
Jul 11, 2008, 11:44 PM
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Just a quick update... I was up at DWG today to take pics of the worst of the trail erosion to send along with the trail maintenance proposal next week, so hopefully we'll be able to get the NPS's blessing on this shortly.
In other news, we took along a brush hook (basically a short forward curving blade mounted on the end of a broom handle) and cleared back a lot of the brush on the trail from the parking lot all the way out to Osprey. Also made a point of cutting back as much of the poison ivy as possible, so the hike in should be much nicer until it all grows back. Just make sure to bring the Tecnu until the next good rainstorm comes through to wash all the poison ivy clippings off the trail.....
Oh, and we stopped by the gear shop in town and dropped off some of the "Attention Climbers! Trail Day Coming" fliers. They've actually started carrying a small amount of gear, which was nice to see. A bit strange for them to have sport draws though...  Anyway, they've got biners, nut tools, a couple BD micro-stoppers and Kong Ghost belay devices. Never seen one before and they look pretty nice.
And actually, the owner of the shop just dropped me an email and he's excited to hear we're doing this and is willing to help out however he can.
-aric.
(This post was edited by adatesman on Jul 12, 2008, 1:29 AM)
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