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April 11, 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 23, 2007 to Danny Bernstein danny@hikertohiker.com. 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

CMC Spring Social and Barbeque - Saturday April 21

A quick reminder that the 2nd annual CMC Spring Social and Barbeque will be Saturday, April 21 from 2 to 8:30 at the beautiful NC Arboretum.  The hikes start at 2:00 and 3:00, social at 5:00, supper at 6:00, with a Gerry McNabb photo show after.  $13 per person (no gate fee) Send checks (made out to CMC) by April 14 to Les Love 25 Scenic View Dr. Weaverville 28787  (828-658-1489).

P.S. Last year over 90 people came and had a great time. See picture above. Don't miss out.

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Want to go to Bat Cave this Summer?

You can only go on a guided walk given by the Nature Conservancy. They will start taking reservations for trips to Bat Cave on April 16th, Monday - Friday, 8 AM to 4 PM. Just call this number: 919-816-6831. The hikes will be every Wednesday and Saturday starting at 10AM. The first one will be June 2nd.

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Great Southeastern Hiking Festival

The Great Southeastern Hiking Festival will be held at the Montreat Conference Center - our own backyard – on Thursday through Sunday, May 3 -6. The Festival, which attracts hikers from all over the Southeast, is sponsored by the American Hiking Society. Each day, there will be hikes, workshops and great entertainment. On Friday evening, Buncombe Turnpike, a local blue grass band, will play and on Saturday evening, singer-songwriter, Christine Kane, will be the main event. Carolina Mountain Club is co-hosting this event. Come for a day or for the whole festival. For more information, see www.greatsehikingfestival.org

Special on Thursday. CMC hikers are encouraged to come and hike as part of the festival. No registration required. Look at the list of hikes, choose one and meet at Montreat on Lookout Road Parking Area, ready to hike. For more information on Thursday's hikes, contact Bruce Bente at bbente@bellsouth.net

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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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Conservation

Shuler Calls for an End to the Road to Nowhere

Bipartisan, bicameral, two-State Coalition Letter to Interior Department Asks for Swain County Settlement. The letter calls for cash settlement between the federal government and the residents of Swain County rather than further construction of the road. Read the complete press release and letter here.

From Land for Tomorrow

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Heard on the Ground

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

A letter from Arch Nichols to Art Loeb - [Look at those large numbers.]

As part of some research I'm doing, I found this handwritten note referring to the joint CMC/Smoky Mountain Hiking Club hike.[Note courtesy of Joan Loeb Dickson]

10/24/1966
Art –
Hope you saw the article in Monday Citizen with Knoxville dateline about the joint hike.

There were about 530 participants in all (I was #464 at the Andrews Bald trail junction and #100 at Buckeye Gap) with 221 all the way thru. Ernie Dickerman had a wonderfully organized trip and it was a pretty hike and quite enjoyable.

I tabulated 41 CMC’ers counting Tom Reese and one unidentified young couple whom I didn’t get to see on the Trail (they came out earlier and asked Zeffie about transportation where she was waiting at Elkmont). 21 of ours went all the way thru. I met friends from PATC, RATC, GATC and, of course, SMHC was there in force – wonderful participation.
Did you and Keith get to register on the trail route with the clockers (??). I haven’t seen many of our bunch who backtracked to know if they saw you or anyone else that I don’t know about for the CMC hike report.

Regards
Arch

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