California Outfitters, Volunteer Trail Crew
July, 2003, Back Country Trail Work
First tree when starting out on the next day. Pedro, Marty, Bill, Ted and his dog.
(07/09/2003 07:41 AM DSCN0767.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Tree all gone.
(07/09/2003 08:17 AM DSCN0768.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Bill, Marty and Lea with yet another tree.
(07/09/2003 08:17 AM DSCN0769.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Marty, Lea, Bill and Ted working on another tree.
(07/09/2003 09:00 AM DSCN0770.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Nate, Pedro's Hard Hat, John and Buck The Saw.
(P7060056.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Nate, John, Buck the Saw and Pedro.
(P7060057.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Bed of small logs to slide the cut tree section on. Note pulling strap on the tree on the left.
(P7060058.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Eric, Pedro and Nate. Here Eric is using his shovel to try and pry a tree top out so that it can be pulled out of the way.
(07/09/2003 09:01 AM DSCN0771.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Second picture of the previous sceen with out Eric.
(07/09/2003 09:01 AM DSCN0772.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Ted, Bill, Lea and Marty after removing a tree part.
(07/09/2003 09:03 AM DSCN0773.jpg, photograph by Karl)
John and Pedro taking a break.
(07/09/2003 09:15 AM DSCN0774.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Nate and John getting ready to slide the log.
(P7060059.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Pedro with the moved log.
(P7060060.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Marty, Nate and Eric getting ready for another tree.
(07/09/2003 09:53 AM DSCN0776.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Tree all gone.
(07/09/2003 10:04 AM DSCN0777.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Gone tree from the other side.
(07/09/2003 10:05 AM DSCN0778.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Pedro and Karl.
(P7060061.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Another tree for Karl's team.
(07/09/2003 09:52 AM DSCN0775.jpg, photograph by Karl)
A tree for John's team. (Remember that both teams are leap-frogging each other.)
(07/09/2003 10:11 AM DSCN0780.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Nate, in the background, finishing up with a leaner. Next tree is in the foreground.
(P7060062.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
John's removed tree.
(07/09/2003 10:53 AM DSCN0782.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Marty checking out an old tree that has sunk in the ground several inches.
(07/09/2003 10:14 AM DSCN0781.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Ted, Bill and Pedro with the old tree.
(P7060063.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Marty.
(P7060064.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Ted.
(P7060065.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Karl, John, Bill with Ted and Marty cutting the old tree.
(P7060066.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
John and ? cutting the old tree. (P7060001.MOV, movie by Eric.)
Karl's team's tree with the "trail" section cut out. Marty, Pedro, Lea, Nate and Ted.
(07/09/2003 11:16 AM DSCN0783.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Another view of the cut old log.
(07/09/2003 12:14 PM DSCN0785.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Marty and Lea with an old tree that had been in place for 20? years. It had sunk into the dirt about 6" by the time that we got there.
(P7060002.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Karl using a Pulaski to remove limbs from a leaner before it gets cut. (This is one of my first "Movies", note that I didn't know it was still going at the end.) (P7060004.MOV, movie by Eric.)
John under cutting the leaner with his Oregon saw. (P7060005.MOV, movie by Eric.)
Karl and John finishing off the leaner. (P7060006.MOV, movie by Eric.)
Leaner near the old log.
(07/09/2003 11:24 AM DSCN0784.jpg, photograph by Karl)
John cutting a "leaner" near the old tree.
(P7060003.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Most of the crew removing a log from the trail. (P7060007.MOV, movie by Eric.)
Cleaning up after removing the log. (P7060008.MOV, movie by Eric.)
Bill and Pedro moving on to the next tree after cutting the old tree out.
(P7060009.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
John and Nate moving a downed tree.
(07/09/2003 12:33 PM DSCN0786.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Lea and the tree off the trail. Ted's dog is in the foreground.
(07/09/2003 12:37 PM DSCN0787.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Lea's turn to carry the saw.
(07/09/2003 12:41 PM DSCN0788.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Ted, Bill, Pedro (with a hand sledge, or single jack, which is used to break off dead tree branches) and Eric debranching a downed tree near the trail.
(07/09/2003 12:44 PM DSCN0789.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Lea and Karl at the last tree of the day.
(P7060010.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Karl, Bill, Nate, John, Ted, Pedro at the last tree of the day. (Which we saved for tomorrow.)
(P7060011.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
View from the trail.
(07/09/2003 01:30 PM DSCN0790.jpg, photograph by Karl)
View from the trail.
(07/09/2003 01:33 PM DSCN0791.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Plant that Karl liked.
(07/09/2003 01:51 PM DSCN0792.jpg, photograph by Karl)
Plant that Karl liked.
(07/09/2003 01:52 PM DSCN0793.jpg, photograph by Karl)
John, Karl, Bill, Pedro, Lea and Marty on the way back to camp at the end of the second full day of work.
(P7060012.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Norm's back with Skip. We didn't have a mirror in camp so I took this picture so that Norm could see what happened to his back when he fell while fishing.
(P7060013.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Bayard, Karl, Nate, Lea and Skip pumping water at the Trail Camp.
(P7060015.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Fish for dinner snacks.
(P7060016.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)
Bill and Lea's tents.
(DCP02242.jpg, photographed on Pedro's camera by Pedro)
Marty and his tent.
(DCP02243.jpg, photographed on Pedro's camera by Pedro)
Lea and her tent.
(DCP02244.jpg, photographed on Pedro's camera by Pedro)
Lea and her tent.
(DCP02245.jpg, photographed on Pedro's camera by Pedro)
John and his tent.
(DCP02247.jpg, photographed on Pedro's camera by Pedro)
Marty and John by Pedro's tent.
(DCP02248.jpg, photographed on Pedro's camera by Pedro)
Marty, Lea and John.
(DCP02249.jpg, photographed on Pedro's camera by Pedro)
Marty, Lea and John.
(DCP02250.jpg, photographed on Pedro's camera by Pedro)
Marty, Lea and John.
(DCP02251.jpg, photographed on Pedro's camera by Pedro)
Marty, Lea and Pedro.
(DCP02252.jpg, photographed on Pedro's camera by Unknown)
Marty and Lea near Pedro's tent.
(DCP02253.jpg, photographed on Pedro's camera by Pedro)