Carolina Mountain Club

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March 28, 2007

Hiking News | CMC Calendar

        Please send me your hiking news, hike and maintenance reports by Monday evening at 9 P.M. before the newsletter comes out, that is, by Monday evening April 9, 2007 to Danny Bernstein danny@hikertohiker.org. Include your email address at the end of your story. Thank you.

       The CMC Calendar is meant to answer the perennial question "When is this happening again?" It is also meant to prevent conflicts between competing CMC events. Please check it often.

       For CMC members only - Send all address and email changes to Jean Gard at jeangard@charter.net.

What's Happening in the Next Two Weeks

Hiking the Carolina Mountains Book Signing on April 10 at Diamond Brand.

Danny Bernstein will be giving a slide show and signing copies of her new hiking guide, Hiking the Carolina Mountains on Tuesday April 10 at 7 P.M. at Diamond Brand Outdoors,
2623 Hendersonville Rd. in Arden, 828-209-1501, www.diamondbrand.com.

Earthfare South will provide some great refreshments.

Hope you all come. Danny danny@hikertohiker.org

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Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage

The Pilgrimage is an annual seven-day event in Great Smoky Mountains National Park consisting of a variety of wildflower, fauna, and natural history walks, motorcades, photographic tours, art classes, and indoor seminars. Most programs are outdoors in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, while indoor offerings are held in various venues throughout Gatlinburg, TN on April 23-29, 2007. Check out ww.springwildflowerpilgrimage.org.

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Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition fundraiser

On Friday, April 20th, 2007 The Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition (SAFC) presents the fourth annual Into the Woods Celebration and Auction from 6-9pm at The Crest Center in Asheville. Please join us to celebrate Earth Day! The fundraiser includes great food, locally brewed beer and organic wines, a fantastic silent auction, and bluegrass music by the High Windy Band. Tickets are $35. Reserve yours today! Call 828-252-9223 or email safc@safc.org. For more information, go to www.safc.org

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Free CPR Course

The CPR course will be held on March 31st at the Trinity Presbyterian Church in Hendersonville on Blyth Street. They are having 2 sessions, one from 8-12:30 and one from 1:30 - 5 (check those times when you call for reservations). To reserve a spot, you need to call the Hendersonville Red Cross at 693-5605. Don Walton.

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Needed:  Members With SmilesJ

The Membership Committee is looking for some friendly members to help at our booth at the Black Mountain Street Fair on Saturday, May 5.  The street fair will be a part of the Great Southeastern Festival which we are helping to sponsor that weekend.  We will be scheduling folks for two-hour shifts, and you will wear your hiking duds and have some fun meeting folks and answering their questions about our wonderful club.  Contact Ashok Kudva at Ashok.Kudva@mchsi.com or 828- 698-7119.

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New!! CMC Forum for members and Interested Parties

A forum software program has been installed on the CMC website. It is intended to be used by hikers and maintainers interested in communicating with each other about various related hiking and maintaining activities. Right now it is divided into 5 areas General, Hiking, 2nd Hand Gear, Challenges and Trail Maintenance. There are subdivisions for some of the areas like Hiking-Scouting and Hiking-General. Then different threads such as Hiking-Scouting-Linville Gorge hike #451 can be set up under these subdivisions. The different levels have the ability to be moderated by different moderators also different levels can be privatized so that only a certain group of people can communicate with each other such as the CMC Council.

Each person will need to register on the login page. You may use any username you want but you may want to use the same as your CMC Member User number. You will complete the questions and then the system will email you a password that you may logon with. This password may be changed later by going to the Control Panel button and changing your password.

Please fell free to make comments in the different categories and forum areas with suggestions for improvement or interests are also welcome. There is a “Forum” icon on the CMC website or click here: Forum . Have fun! Don Walton, Webmaster

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Conservation

What is your vision for the National Parks?

In 2016, the National Park System will be 100 years old. What do you see for our National Parks in the next 100 years? The Department of the Interior wants to know. Please see http://www.nps.gov/2016/ and answer the questions. This is important. We live within an easy commute of three national parks, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Blue Ridge Parkway and the Carl Sandburg House. If not the members of Carolina Mountain Club, then who? The comment period ends on April 2.

The actual comment form can be found at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/commentForm.cfm?parkID=442&projectID=17892&documentId=18372

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From Land for Tomorrow

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Heard on the Ground

A fan letter

Hi guys,
I and seven friends had the chance this weekend to hike the section of the AT from Sam’s Gap to Bald Mnt Shelter and back. What a wonderful hike and what a blessing your trail volunteers are, we could tell there was a great deal of work that had been completed on the trail here shortly. Thank you all for all the hard work you have done. You all are a blessing to us hikers and I hope that I have the honor of one day meeting you or at least hopefully get to try and get down and help out one day.
Keep up the wonderful job and may God bless you all and keep you safe. May your paths always be soft and the wind at you backs! Sincerely, Chris Hall On the twenty year plan!

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Saturday Workday a great success

Over 30 people showed up to work on the new MST section. A good time was had by all.

The next Saturday workday is on Saturday May 12. Plan to be there. Photo by Charlie Ferguson.

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Adopt an MST Section

The following sections of the Mountains to Sea Trail are available for adoption:
1. FS Road 816 to Dark Prong Gap(1.6 miles),
2. Graveyard Fields Jct. 358B to BRP 417 ( Bridges Camp Gap) (2 miles)

These are all beautiful sections that provide great personal satisfaction in caring for them. Contact Don Walton at donwalton@bellsouth.net or 654-9904.

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Maintenance Reports created by Don Walton

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Heard on the Trail

It's Spring.

Time to take out the ice creepers from your pack and put in a wildflower book.

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