Carolina Mountain Club
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June 5th, 2008
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| Happenings in the next two weeks | Things you should know now! |
| Other News | ATC Stewardship Council Report |
| Heard on the Ground | New Trail Crew Forming |
| Heard on the Trail | Backpacking Course |
| The small print | Deadlines, change of addresses and other details |
News about eNews For the months of June through August I will be producing the biweekly eNews while the Bernsteins are on vacation. I am not as closely involved in the day-to-day activities of the club as is Danny. This means that I will need help in gathering items for the eNews. Please don't assume that if something important is happening that I know about it. Send me items for inclusion! Putting "eNews" in your email subject header will guarantee that your input will get prompt attention. Dave Wetmore, dwetmore@citcom.net ---------------------- Back to Top What's Happening in the Next Two Weeks National Trail Days Hikes Check out the special CMC hikes for National Trail Days on June 7-8 -------------------- Back to Top Search and Rescue Team The SAR Committee is in the planning stages and hopes to form a CMC SAR team. To see what they are doing and to get in on the action, read their report. Meet President Roosevelt I'm not quite sure how this is going to happen, but the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation has announced a reinactment of the Parkway dedication at which President Roosevelt will appear. Check it (and many other interesting things) out on their website. Do a Good Deed with No Cost and Little Effort The Great Outdoor Provision Company will give a $3000 grant to a land acquistion project. They have a list of them, and the one with the most votes wins. One of the projects is the 10,000 acre Rocky Fork area north of Asheville. Vote by June 6th for Rocky Fork at the company's website. Do a Good Botanical Deed The ATC is holding two workshops on exotic/invasive plants. One will be on June 7th near Davenport Gap, the other on June 21 near Fontana. For imore information contact Leanna Joyner. Happy 75th Birthday! The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is preparing to celebrate its 75th anniversery, and the birthday has its own web site, with several CMC hikes on it. ---------------------- Back to Top
Photo by Becky Smucker Work-Hike on Saturday Crew (WHOS Crew) News The new Saturday trail maintenance crew is up and running. We are going out on the first and third Saturdays of each month, and are making an effort to incorporate a fair amount of hiking with our trail work. Although we will do a variety of work jobs, we plan to focus on the Shining Rock and Middle Prong Wilderness areas, which prohibit power tools and require more hiking to reach remote areas. Initially we are being trained by Bill Newton and Barth Brooker in the basics of trail maintenance. So far we have had seven new and enthusiastic members come out to work, but we could use a few more. If you are interested, even if you couldn’t be there every time, we invite you to join us this Saturday, June 7, as we scout and do some trail work in the Shining Rock Wilderness. For details contact Becky Smucker at bsmucker@charter.net. MST Saturday Workday June 21 will be the our next workday, meeting again at the Moose Cafe at 8:00 for breakfast and leaving promptly at 9:00. If you have questions, contact Les Love Adopt a Section of the Appalachian Trail No sections are available now, but one section needs an assistant. For information contact Don Walton. Adopt a Section of the MST Licklock Gap to Doubletop 0.9 miles Walnut Cove Overlook to Hardtimes Road 1.2 miles FS Road 816 to Dark Prong Gap 1.6 miles. To learn more about adopting a section, email Don Walton. Maintenance Reports created by Don Walton
---------------------- Back to Top Backpacking Course Diamond Brand will be offering a free 8-week backpacking course continuing each Thursday night from June 7 to Jun 31. The course will be held at their Arden store and will be limited to 30 participants. The class will culminate with a 1-2 day overnighter in the Pisgah National Forest. To preregister, call 828-684-6262.
---------------------- Back to Top The eNews comes out on Fridays. So ... The next issue will come out on Friday, June 6th. 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 Wednesday evening at 9 P.M. before the newsletter comes out, that is, by Tuesday evening, June 3rd to Dave Wetmore dwetmore@citcom.net Include your email address at the end of your story. Thank you. I can only accept the Wednesday hike report by Wednesday evening. 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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Dave Wetmore
dwetmore@citcom.net
