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| no partners | | Headed up for a bit of solo trail maintenance. Kinda an early start, made it to the start of Sandy Saddle before 8AM with tools & overnight gear. This time I started on the west side of the first drainage, which was one of most overgrown sections, and spent 8 hrs fighting manzanita and deadfall, clearing a few hundred feet  -- at least the partly cloudy and gusty breeze kept things comfortable. Attempted to follow the rest of the trail (got lost twice, good grief its overgrown), and had a chill evening near Casterson Seep.
Was feeling pretty sore on the second day (earned two respectable injuries from the day before, still unsure if I broke something in my hand) so decided to stay close to camp. Started around 5AM on the trail leading from the camp back south, retracing some of the tread that my son & I cleared a month ago. Ran into a few nasty stretches but I'd estimate a total of 500' or more are cleared from the camp back south. There's probably another 1000' left of _real_ nastiness along that drainage, then the rest of the trail will be... slightly easier.
At this point I'd estimate that we've cleared a total of 800' (.15m) over 20 hrs, so we're clearing about 40' an hr. There's 2600' (.5m) remaining from Barnhardt -> Casterson, so 65 hrs (or 8ish days)... Will worry about the other 2+ miles climbing to the saddle later. Unsure if sharing photos, routes, or tools would be useful for others interested in doing similar work, but the before/after photos are ridic  |
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