Thursday, February 18, 2010

Luge day 4

Hey all,

We had the plunder crew in full effect. They’ve been busting their butts in a serious way and I’m totally grateful for their building expertise and efforts. We had Lorin B., another trailday regular (Chris) and a total newb (Andrew) helping out move dirt. Courtney came down during a ride to help transplant ferns for an hour or so.

The crew got a huge berm done, a couple drains and 4 jumps built. Day 3’s progress was roughly 250 feet of trail, but there was some gnarly stuff to get through….we’re averaging about 300 feet/day with a BIG crew to help shape. Today’s crew will be much smaller as a couple guys are working, everyone’s pretty beat from 24 hours of dirt moving, Thad’s celebrating his birthday, etc.

Things to note:
· I’m looking to find a Wacker (brand) plate compactor and walk behind toter for rental. No luck yet.
· The entrance section is super greasy still from Monday’s rain. That should firm up this week with the nice weather.
· Andrew and the crew are really hitting their stride and the line’s getting tighter and getting re-vegged really nicely immediately after things are shaped.
· There are two drains that will get re-worked.
· Once jumps firm up and we can figure out distances and then they will get filled in…..long before the line is open to the public.
· Grabbed the bin from Darren’s house. Gotta have to drain the water out of there! Lol.

A few pics:

A massive 180 deg. berm
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/4366314661_867481d044_o.jpg

Which leads into this hip (before it got finished).
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/4366314625_95cd0c67b0_o.jpg

Which leads into a couple of new jumps. This section was super gnarly with old logs.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2742/4366314483_4185720e64_o.jpg

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