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  • GET 2024 day 27, Oct 27, Sunday
  • Start Nave Spring campsite
  • End Springtime Campground
  • 8 one-cut, 4 two-cuts, finished clearing downed trees from the remaining part of Shipman Trail

Heading towards Springtime, I cleared the remaining trees on Shipman. The trail is not lopped between Nave Spring and Apache Kid Trail, with plenty of oak. Should I lop on my few remaining days on this adventure, or saw trees on Apache Kid?

The weather continues to be clear. (If I do not mention weather in a post on this trip, assume clear skies and not too cold.) Today is hazy. Is there a fire somewhere upwind?

No one else is at the campground. I repair equipment, sew clothes, and do trail-laundry: Take a one gallon zip bag, put in a large article of clothing, add water, close bag, agitate with hands three minutes, discard water, wring or squeeze clothing. Do it all again, but add a few drops of Dr Bonners soap. Do it all again, without soap. Hang dry.

The laundry water turned black with charcoal dust from all the scorched trees being cut and dragged in the past few days.

Instead of taking a zero day this week, I will stay out on trail and continue working until the end of the month.

Finished audiobook The Status Civilization, by Robert Sheckley.

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  • GET 2024 day 26, Oct 26, Saturday
  • Start Nave Spring campsite
  • End Nave Spring cnmpsite
  • 14 one-cuts, 4 two-cuts, finished 1.0 mile section of Shipman between Myers Cabin and Nave Spring, both clearing blowdowns and lopping

Working up from Nave Spring, I finally cleared the remaining logs up to Myers Cabin, with most of the work near the top.

Though it took more days than expected, I am thrilled to finally complete this section.

Time to head back to Springtime for resupply and repair.

Finished audiobook Whose Body, by Dorothy Sayers, read by Kara Shallenberg and Kristin Hughes, a Lord Peter Wimsey novel.

Somewhat North Shipman

  • GET 2024 day 25, Oct 25, Friday
  • Start San Mateo Spring campsite
  • End Nave Spring campsite
  • 27 one-cuts, 1 two-cut, many no-cuts over 0.4 miles of Shipman

Continuing from where leaving off yesterday, I cleared blowdowns from Shipman Trail heading south. Trees often were not as big in diameter as yesterday, but were long enough that no-cut was impractical. Unlike yesterday, downed trees were more evenly spaced, until the very end of the day, with one big tangle.

Heading to camp, the trail climbs up a grassy slope with few trees, before descending to trail that I already cleared. So good news: Shipman is nearly cleared up to the Nave campsite.

Finished audiobook Tiger by the Tail, by Poul Anderson, a Flandry story.

Finished audiobook The Sensitive Man, by Poul Anderson.