Carolina Mountain Club
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April 25, 2008
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| Happenings in the next two weeks | Things you should know now! |
| Other News | Spring Social a great success |
| Heard on the Ground | MST piece for adoption |
| Heard on the Trail | And they're off! |
| The small print | Deadlines, change of addresses and other details |
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What's Happening in the Next Two Weeks Build Another Piece of the MST - Saturday May 3 Your help will be appreciated to continue the extension of the MST south of Balsam Gap to Soho Gap. Please reserve May 3, 2008 for this trail construction. ---------------------- Back to Top GPS Course - Saturday May 3 If you have or are planning to buy a GPS unit, here’s your chance to learn how it works, how to use it more efficiently, how to get better tracks, and how to work with those tracks on your computer. Dave Wetmore, the instructor, will cover how GPS units and the satellite system work together; sources of error and their importance, how to minimize errors; and a brief survey of computer software. For prospective users, there will be a discussion of brands and their features. Class will be on Saturday, May 3rd from 9 AM to 1 PM. Contact Cindy McJunkin at mcjfive@aol.com or 828-712-9646 for more information and to register. ---------------------- Back to Top Spring Social a Great Success
Bernard Elias joined the club in 1941 and has been an important part of CMC since then. Lewis and Jane Blodgett have been trail maintainers for over 30 years. Elizabeth and Heinz Feil joined CMC in 1963, the same year they emigrated from Germany. Tom Bindrim, the youngster of the group, insists that no hike is complete unless there's a bushwhack. Gerry McNabb, a member for 44 years, was president two separate times. John Keifer recalled how he was struck by lightning and lived to tell about it - at the dinner. Look at more photos of the social by Jan Onan at http://www.carolinamtnclub.org/Photos.htm I wonder what they'll have for a program next year. Danny. ---------------------- Back to Top Carolina Mountain Club Annual Dinner and Meeting - Nov. 1 Set aside time on your calendar to attend the CMC annual dinner and meeting. ---------------------- Back to Top Saturday Trail Maintenance Crew Start-up We are excited about starting a new trail crew to work regularly on Saturdays for those of us who have week-day commitments, or those who just prefer Saturdays. This crew will probably do jobs that require a little more hiking. A planning/work/training day will be held on Saturday, May 17, at the Fish Hatchery. Even if you would not be able to work every Saturday, but would like to be part of the crew when you can, you are invited to join us. Meet at Westgate at 8:45 to carpool, or at the Fish Hatchery at 9:30. Come dressed to work (don’t forget work gloves), bring lunch and water, and trail tools if you have them. Let Becky Smucker bsmucker@charter.net know if you are coming and where you will meet us. ---------------------- Back to Top 75th Anniversary of the North Carolina Civilian Conservation Corp and Dr. Harley Jolley to be Honored at June 19, Weaverville Dinner President Franklin D. Roosevelt will be a special guest along with Dr. Harley Jolley, professor emeritus of history, at a celebration of the creation of the CCC at historic Claxton Farm near Weaverville, NC on June 19. The celebration is a ticketed event and open to the public. The celebration is hosted by the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation in recognition of the contribution of the CCC to the Blue Ridge Parkway and North Carolina, as well as honoring the scholarship and personal contributions of Dr. Harley Jolley, noted Parkway historian, author, and professor emeritus of history at Mars Hill College. For more information, go to http://www.brpfoundation.org/CivilianConservationCorp.php ---------------------- Back to Top May 1 Deadline for Blue Ridge Parkway Comments The Blue Ridge Parkway is in the process of rewriting its management plan. Since the Parkway and the Mountains-to-Sea Trail beside it are so important to the CMC (not to mention near and dear to our hearts) we need to be informed and involved. The first of two public comment periods is now open, and the National Park Service is soliciting input on its initial draft until May 1. We are in the process of putting together comments for Council to consider entering from the Club officially but the NPS needs to hear from us as individuals as well. This is right in our backyard. Should the Parkway have more partnerships with commercial service providers? Do we need a paved, multi-purpose trail alongside the Parkway in urban areas like Asheville? Should the Craggy Pinnacle Trail be closed to protect sensitive habitat, and a new trail be built to Craggy Dome? Should the Buck Springs Lodge site be preserved? These and many more questions are raised in the plan draft. If you like this planning stuff, or if you just care about the Parkway and want to help see that it’s taken care of, go to the NPS website at BRP Management Plan for information. There are links to the documents and .pdf files at the bottom of that first page. You will be most interested in the Comparison of Alternatives and Segments 5, 6, and 7 (Black Mountain, Asheville, and Pisgah). There is a form that you can print out for your comments, or you can send them in online. Becky Smucker, bsmucker@charter.net ---------------------- Back to Top Adopt a Section of the Appalachian Trail No sections are available now. If you want to be on a waiting list, email Don Walton. ---------------------- Back to Top Adopt a Section of the MST FS Road 816 to Dark Prong Gap 1.6 miles. If you're interested, email Don Walton. ---------------------- Back to Top Maintenance Reports created by Don Walton
---------------------- Back to Top The Guys are Going to France - Ooh Lah Lah!
Jay Bretz, Carroll Koepplinger, Tom Sanders, Chris Slater and Don Walton are off to El Camino de Santiago in France in May. They'll start hiking on April 30. Follow their adventure on the CMC Forum. Go to www.carolinamtnclub.org and click on forum.
---------------------- Back to Top The eNews comes out on Fridays. So ... The next issue will come out on Friday, May 9. This will allow the Sunday and Saturday hike leaders a little more time to send in their report; Wednesday hike reports for the hike just before the eNews comes out will be published in the next eNews.So send me your news and maintenance reports by Tuesday evening at 9 P.M. before the newsletter comes out, that is, by Tuesday evening May 6, 2008 to Danny Bernstein danny@hikertohiker.com. Include your email address at the end of your story. I can only accept the Wednesday hike report by Wednesday evening. 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. How to join the Carolina Mountain Club ---------------------- Back to Top |
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Danny Bernstein
danny@hikertohiker.com
The Annual Spring Social was a great success. The food was good, the companionship, warm and friendly, as usual, and the program was great. Becky Smucker had gotten together several members and former members who have been in the club for over 25 years. These included Nine Forbes who was president 1964-1965 - See the photo.
And they're off!