Progress

  • 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.

North Shipman

  • GET 2024 day 24, Oct 24, Thursday
  • Start San Mateo Spring campsite
  • End San Mateo Spring campsite
  • 22 one-cuts, many no-cuts, cleared 0.4 miles

My plan is to start at the northern terminus of Shipman Trail, where it intersects with Apache kid Trail, and to work south clearing trees until eventually connecting up to sections that are already cleared.

A large tangle starts the day.

Before/After

Another major tangle is on a sloped switchback. It might be hard to see the distant logs in the grass.

Before/After

This one switchback is taking half a work-day. Ouch.

Typical diameter for logs to be cut today is one foot, often ponderosa, often scorched with hardened wood or new with high moisture content and sticky.

One-cut means that I only have to cut the log once, and can drag both ends off the trail. No-cut means I can drag or pivot or roll the entire log off the trail, only needing to break or saw branches first. Today I completed 22 one-cuts and many more no-cuts.

Finished audiobook Lost Man’s Lane, by Anna Katharine Green.