California Outfitters, Volunteer Trail Crew
July, 2003, Back Country Trail Work
Lea and Norm on the way in near the wilderness boundary on Wandon trail.
(07/07/2003 11:15 AM DSCN0731.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Lea, Bill, Norm, Karl and Ted.
(07/07/2003 11:17 AM DSCN0732.jpg, photograph by Unknown)
Pedro working on a small tree near the Trail Camp.
(P7040020.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Marty and the 44" tree.
(P7040021.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Monday, large 44" tree near the Trail Camp.
(DCP02226.jpg, photographed on Pedro's camera by Pedro)
44" tree with "Buck The Saw" on top.
(DCP02227.jpg, photographed on Pedro's camera by Pedro)
Pedro with Buck The Saw on the first cut on the 44" tree.
(P7040022.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Marty with Buck The Saw on the first cut on the 44" tree.
(P7040023.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Marty and Eric using Buck The Saw on the first cut of the 44" tree.
(DCP02228.jpg, photographed on Pedro's camera by Pedro)
Buck The Saw almost through the 44" tree on the first cut.
(DCP02229.jpg, photographed on Pedro's camera by Pedro)
Marty and the second cut.
(P7040024.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Marty and Pedro on the second cut.
(P7040025.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Marty and Pedro on the second cut.
(P7040026.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Marty, Pedro and the lever.
(P7040027.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Eric using a lever, and fulcrum, to move cut section of 44" tree. (First few efforts were unsuccessful.).
(DCP02232.jpg, photographed on Pedro's camera by Pedro)
Pedro on the lever and Marty.
(P7040028.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Marty and Eric with lever at 44" tree.
(DCP02233.jpg, photographed on Pedro's camera by Pedro)
Pedro digging under the 44" tree.
(P7040029.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
John on the down hill side of the 44" tree with the lever.
(P7040030.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Unknown (in the shadow on the left), John, Pedro, Norm and Bill as the meet us at the 44" tree. John has just moved the lever from where we were using it on the up hill side to the down hill side of the cut section. We are about to move the cut section up hill and then rotate it about 90° to get it out of the way.
(07/07/2003 01:10 PM DSCN0733.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Eric, Nate, Marty, John and Bill just after starting to move the cut section out of the gap and a bit up hill.
(07/07/2003 01:17 PM DSCN0734.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Nate, Marty, John, Eric, Bill and Pedro moving the cut section with the lever. Note the fulcrum under the lever and near the cut section.
(07/07/2003 01:18 PM DSCN0735.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Nate, Marty, Bill, Pedro, lever and the first movement of the cut portion of the 44" tree.
(P7040031.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Pedro, John, Marty and Bill moving the cut section of the 44" tree.
(P7040032.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Marty, Pedro, Eric, Nate and John completing the rotation. Bill and Ted watching.
(07/07/2003 01:20 PM DSCN0736.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Marty, Eric, Pedro, Nate, John, Bill rotating the tree some more. Norm, who wears a leg brace, watching and filming the move.
(07/07/2003 01:23 PM DSCN0737.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Bill, John (with Eric behind John) and Pedro getting small logs together to slide the cut log section on. Norm watching and making a movie.
(07/07/2003 01:25 PM DSCN0738.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Nate, Bill, Marty, John and Pedro starting to slide the cut log section. Lea standing by (as much as we want it, Lea just isn't as physically strong as the rest of us and she had badly broken her elbow last year, so for much of this VERY heavy work she watched us, which was OK) and Norm filming all.
(07/07/2003 01:27 PM DSCN0739.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Nate, Bill, Marty, John and Pedro with the first sliding log movement. Norm and Eric taking pictures and Lea watching.
(07/07/2003 01:28 PM DSCN0740.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Nate, Bill, Marty, Eric, Pedro and John with the cut section about 1/2 way down the skids. Lea in the background.
(07/07/2003 01:29 PM DSCN0741.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Nate and others as the log rapidly slides down the log course that Pedro and others had just completed.
(07/07/2003 01:31 PM DSCN0742.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Nate, Marty, Eric, John, Bill (behind Pedro) and Pedro escorting the moving log. Lea watching.
(07/07/2003 01:37 PM DSCN0743.jpg, photograph by Karl)
John, Nate, Pedro, Marty and Bill starting to roll the cut section out of the trail. Note that more small logs have been added to make it easier to roll the cut section down and then up to the fallen tree.
(07/07/2003 01:38 PM DSCN0744.jpg, photograph by Karl)
John, Nate, Pedro, Marty, Bill and Eric getting ready to roll it.
(07/07/2003 01:38 PM DSCN0745.jpg, photograph by Karl)
John, Eric, Nate, Pedro, Marty and Bill moving the cut section. Note the "dust" being kicked up between John's and Eric's feet.
(07/07/2003 01:38 PM DSCN0746.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Marty, John, Bill, Eric, Pedro and Nate rolling the cut section up hill to get it completely out of the way.
(07/07/2003 01:39 PM DSCN0747.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Marty with the cut section in its final position. Note the rocks used to keep it in position.
(07/07/2003 01:44 PM DSCN0749.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Norm, Bill, Nate, Eric, and Marty at the 44" tree after moving cut section. Note the Oregon saw in its fire hose sheath.
(DCP02234.jpg, photographed on Pedro's camera by Pedro)
Marty, Eric and Buck the Saw at the 44" tree after moving cut section.
(DCP02235.jpg, photographed on Pedro's camera by Pedro)
Norm, Bill, Lea, Buck the Saw, Marty, Pedro, Eric and Nate at the 44" tree after moving cut section.
(DCP02236.jpg, photographed on Pedro's camera by Unknown)
Norm, Bill, Lea, Buck the Saw, Marty, Eric, Nate and Pedro with the moved section of the 44" tree.
(P7040033.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Norm, Bill, Marty, Lea, Eric, Pedro, Nate and Buck The Saw when we were all done with it. One of several "end of job" photos.
(07/07/2003 01:47 PM DSCN0750.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Norm, Bill, Marty, Lea, Eric, Pedro, Nate and Buck The Saw when we were all done with it. Note the "end of a hard job" smiles all around.
(07/07/2003 01:47 PM DSCN0751.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Final "gap" in the tree.
(P7040034.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Norm in the kitchen of the Trail Camp. Norm's tent is in the background. Food/chairs are on the right.
(P7040035.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Nate, John, Lea and Bill washing dishes at the Trail Camp.
(P7040036.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Marty, Norm and Bill at camp fire burning trash.
(DCP02237.jpg, photographed on Pedro's camera by Pedro)