Author: Jim, Sagebrush

Jim (trail-name Sagebrush) codes audio software for Windows, Linux, Android, and embedded systems. When not working at sagebrush.com, he enjoys backpacking, which this blog is about.

Aspenectomy

  • GET 2024 day 23, Oct 23, Wednesday
  • Start home
  • End San Mateo Spring campsite
  • Lopped aspens on Apache Kid Trail for a quarter mile

Hiking in from Springtime Campground, I notice a huge log was just cut that I had previously skipped– way too large for my saw.

I did not know anyone else would be working here, so I emailed a query to the Forest Service. It turns out that cougar activity caused two groups to shift from the northern part of Apache Kid. Maybe I will see other workers in a few days.

My plan today is to work on a short section of Apache Kid Trail where the aspen are growing too close.

After working for half a day, I check my distance completed: only a quarter mile. Lopping can go really slow for a single individual, but a large volunteer group can do wonders.

Finished audiobook Worlds of the Imperium, by Keith Laumer.

Head Back Again

  • GET 2024 day 21, Oct 21, Monday
  • Start Nave Spring campsite
  • End home
  • Lopped and surveyed half a day between Nave Spring and intersection of Shipman with Apache Kid trail

The northern part of Shipman after Nave Spring is not nearly as brushy as closer to the trailhead, but as the trail approaches Apache Kid we enter a zone of Gambel Oak, and a thorough lopping takes a long while.

But I do not do a thorough job, and just hit the worst bits for now. Time to head home in preparation for a well-deserved zero day tomorrow.

Finished audiobook Indiscretions of Archie, by P G Wodehouse.