FW: Big Hand for Volunteers (was) RE: [at-l] The Cost Of Removing One Blowdown From The AT

[jbkramer@afn.org (Bryan Kramer)]

Well heck it sounds like you need to invest some primacord or det cord,
wrap three or four layers around the tree; find a big rock to hid behind
and shazam! The work is done. No loud smelly chain saw to haul around
either. Should be completely legal too.

Bryan

> Several weeks ago, a very large, dead Oak tree fell across
> the AT north of Blue Ridge Gap in Georgia.  It fell across a 
> sidehill section of trail.  The terrain on the east side of 
> the trail was uphill, and the west side was downhill.  To 
> make matters worse,  the tree fell at a precarious angle. 
> Also, this section of trail is in the Southern Nantahala 
> Wilderness, where no motorized or power tools can be used for 
> trail work.  Only hand tools may be used.