California Outfitters, Volunteer Trail Crew

July, 2003, Back Country Trail Work


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Nate, Pedro's Hard Hat, John and Buck The Saw.
(P7060056.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)

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Nate, John, Buck the Saw and Pedro.
(P7060057.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)

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Bed of small logs to slide the cut tree section on. Note pulling strap on the tree on the left.
(P7060058.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)

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Nate and John getting ready to slide the log.
(P7060059.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)

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Pedro with the moved log.
(P7060060.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)

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Pedro and Karl.
(P7060061.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)

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Nate, in the background, finishing up with a leaner. Next tree is in the foreground.
(P7060062.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)

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Ted, Bill and Pedro with the old tree.
(P7060063.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)

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Marty.
(P7060064.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)

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Ted.
(P7060065.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)

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Karl, John, Bill with Ted and Marty cutting the old tree.
(P7060066.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)

John and ? cutting the old tree. (P7060001.MOV, movie by Eric.)

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Marty and Lea with an old tree that had been in place for 20? years. It had sunk into the dirt about 6" by the time that we got there.
(P7060002.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)

Karl using a Pulaski to remove limbs from a leaner before it gets cut. (This is one of my first "Movies", note that I didn't know it was still going at the end.) (P7060004.MOV, movie by Eric.)

John under cutting the leaner with his Oregon saw. (P7060005.MOV, movie by Eric.)

Karl and John finishing off the leaner. (P7060006.MOV, movie by Eric.)

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John cutting a "leaner" near the old tree.
(P7060003.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)

Most of the crew removing a log from the trail. (P7060007.MOV, movie by Eric.)

Cleaning up after removing the log. (P7060008.MOV, movie by Eric.)

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Bill and Pedro moving on to the next tree after cutting the old tree out.
(P7060009.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)

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Lea and Karl at the last tree of the day.
(P7060010.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)

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Karl, Bill, Nate, John, Ted, Pedro at the last tree of the day. (Which we saved for tomorrow.)
(P7060011.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)

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John, Karl, Bill, Pedro, Lea and Marty on the way back to camp at the end of the second full day of work.
(P7060012.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)

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Norm's back with Skip. We didn't have a mirror in camp so I took this picture so that Norm could see what happened to his back when he fell while fishing.
(P7060013.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)

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Bayard, Karl, Nate, Lea and Skip pumping water at the Trail Camp.
(P7060015.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)

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Fish for dinner snacks.
(P7060016.jpg, photographed on Eric's camera by Eric)