Pinch In 4/26/2013

Date of work 4/26/2013

number of workers 1 - Jim de Friess

time spent 5.5 hours - includes commute

Continued working down the hill, a couple large trunks were across the trail and off the ground and not sure its any easier there, but it is different. The wet weather spring waterbar is now 15' further up the hill closer to the spring thanks to one of the trunks.  I just took my time chipping away at them.

Pictures at

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Pinch In April 14 2013

date of work: 4/14/2013

number of workers: 1 Jim de Friess

time spent: 4 hours (includes commute)

Work done: continued down Pinch In Installing waterbars, pictures at picasa.

Picked up trash out of the bushes- took picks of it too.

Advised a couple with 2 small children that were very complimentary of the trail, that they were on the toughest gorge trail and only about 1/3 down it.  They decided to hike it some day without the 6 yo, turning around.

It was a great day in the woods.  I'm down to one of the spring areas and just beyond is an awkward to cross trunk- its the start of the next trip.

Jim d

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April 6 2013 -upper Pinch In

Date of work: April 6, 2013

Number of workers: 1 Jim de Friess

time spent : 8 hrs includes commute

Work done: concentrated on establishing more enduring water features on upper PI.  Photo link below with comments.  Was passed by a number of hikers, cut one standing dead tree out of my conclusion it would fall soon anyway, and probably right down the middle of the trail, so I helped it.

Might be a bigger log than people can comfortably cross so I made a path around the upper end

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Great day in the woods.

Jim d

LGT South and PI

Date of work: April 2 and 3
Number of workers: 1 Jim de Friess
time spent: 18 hours - includes commute

Worked Pinch In a little on the way in, clearing obstructions, building a few waterbars.  Once on LGT south I cleared obstructions to Blue hole (that I could).  The exception being the recent downfall just south of daffodil flats (DF).  There I cut in a path around the obstruction- where it appeared traffic was already going.

Once at Blue hole I put away the pulaski in favor of loppers to clip the trail corridor slightly wider.  Some of the rhodo caves need the ceiling raised in places, one would need a saw for that, I didn't have one.  Made it DF camped just above the nice beach there.

The next day I clipped back to PI and started my ascent.  Its better to work PI on the way down.