CMC E-News
October 12, 2005

Hunting season - BEAR and Boar Season
Oct. 17-Nov. 19, 2005

        Please send me your hiking news, hike and maintenance reports by Monday evening before the newsletter comes out, that is, by Monday evening October 24 to Danny Bernstein danny@hikertohiker.org. Include your email address at the end of your story. Thank you.

What's Happening in the Next Two Weeks

Hunting season is Here.

        Bear and Boar Hunting Season is from Oct. 17 to Nov. 19, 2005. Wear that orange! For all details on hunting in NC, go to NC Wildlife Resources Commission

Annual Fish Fry on Friday, October 21

Dear Hard Working MST Volunteers,

The annual Blue Ridge Parkway fish fry will be held Friday, October 21, 12 noon, at the Folk Art Center Auditorium.   Please RSVP to me or to Don Walton, by October 14, so that your name can be put on the list.   That will be your ticket for admission.  As everyone who has been to these knows, this is not just a

little bit of catered processed fish.   These guys buy the fish fresh and cook it there. It is a huge feed.   They really do appreciate what we do and this is their way to show it.   Please make every effort to attend.   You will enjoy it! (Let me know if you are on Don's list so I can mark you off of mine).

Les Love, Lesrlove@verizon.net

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Talk on the North Shore Road Issue on Thursday Oct. 27

        Ted Snyder, a lawyer involved in the North Shore Road issue since 1968, and Leonard Winchester, chair of Citizens for the Economic Future of Swain County, will speak on the North Shore Road on Thursday October 27th at the Unitarian Church on Charlotte St. in Asheville. Social gathering at 7 P.M. and program at 7:30 P.M. This program promises to answer all your questions about an issue that has the distinction of being the longest-running open item on the Congressional agenda. Get there early for a good seat.

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WFA course at Mars Hill College

Mars Hill College is offering a Wilderness First Aid Course on Oct. 22-23 for $135. To register, contact Grant Gosch at 689-1286 or ggosch@mhc.edu.

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Other Important News

NEW ROARING FORK SHELTER DEDICATION - Sunday November 6.

Construction of the new Roaring Fork Shelter is now complete after more than three years from the start of the project. We still have dirt to move to get the trails at the site to their final shape. The dedication of this new shelter is now scheduled for Sunday, November 6, 2005. Let's hope for good weather! It will be at 1:00 PM so that you can hike in the area and eat your lunch before the dedication.

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CMC Council Recommends 10 cents a Mile for Carpooling.

Responding to the drastic rise in the price of gasoline, the Council voted to change the recommended contribution to drivers from five cents a mile to ten cents a mile per passenger. This is a recommendation and drivers and passengers are free, as they have always been, to make whatever arrangements they wish.

Hike leaders are responsible for calculating the recommended contribution for any trip they lead and announcing it to the group prior to leaving Westgate. This increase brings us in line with neighboring clubs, which all charge either eight or ten cents a mile.

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CMC Help Wanted Opportunity

Alternate MST Section Maintainers Wanted!
      The CMC has an Alternate MST sections open, Cat Gap to Neil Gap 3.0 miles. This trail is in good shape and are waiting to start a love affair with an affectionate maintainer! If interested please contact Jim Tanquary, jdtanquary@juno.com or Don Walton at donwalton@bellsouth.net .
     

MST Coordinator wanted!
      The CMC position of Coordinator of the Section Maintainer System for the Mountains to the Sea Trail is open. This prestigious duty for the CMC includes supervising the 5 big sections of the MST (160 miles) which includes 100 volunteer section maintainers. The job is about 1/3rd recruiting of maintainers, 1/3rd communicating with all of the various federal and state agencies and 1/3rd management including recording and reporting all of the hours worked to various places. If interested, please contact Don Walton at donwalton@bellsouth.net .

Heard on the Trail

     This past week, the Mountain Xpress had the results of their Best of WNC readers poll. In the best Local Free Activity, hiking tied for third place with Bele Chere - not bad for a magazine which aims at the 18-34 year old set. In the best Place to Hike, the Blue Ridge Parkway, Mount Pisgah and Graveyard Fields were chosen 1, 2 and 3 respectively. Since no one actually walks on the Parkway, readers probably meant the MST.

Maybe Mountain Xpress readers should join a hiking club to learn that there are other places to hike besides crowded Mt. Pisgah and Graveyard Fields.

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