Ramsey relocation on Houselander Mountain. This relocation eliminated most of a dangerous road walk on PA 44. The original route has been blue-blazed. The crew cut nearly 3 KM of sidehill, opened a path through the thickest laurel anyone had seen, and build 30 M of check steps to take the trail up the embankment from the highway. All in four days! The rain poured down on the fourth day, but that didn't keep us from our pulaskis and mattocks. On the fifth day, we polished.
As you can see, this group was too busy working to stop and pose for me. They sure made me feel like a slacker!
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 Scenic
waterfall area. |
 Carl
Lorence, Dennis Morris, and Bob Best in front of their work in the
waterfall area. |
 Ron
Burge and Betty Clark building check steps. |
 Sandy
Slonaker. |
 Dave
Walp leading the charge up the hill. |
 Paul
Brach in the lead. |
 Dave
McMillan. |
 Paul
Brach and Bob Best. |