Have a heart, do your part...,
I was reading an article recently that said if every single person who rode a bike on Mount Tam annually did just one hour of trail work, they would have something like 900,000 hours of trail work done there a year. Im no mathematician, but I think thats in the ball park.
It seems logical to me that if for every 20 hours of off road riding one does, they contributed just one hour of work, there would be far fewer environmental issues occurring on the trails. I.E. erosion, mud bogs, creating the re-routing of trails and so on.
So thats what we did yesterday. Joefish, Hightower, Willie, Demonika, Mrs. Hunter and I loaded up our work gloves and some tools and got to work. Since the winters begun, there are already a bunch of trees down, and some trails are falling off of the hillside, so we preceded to fix a few things. None of us are environmental engineers, so once work began, we treaded lightly so as to not make anything worse, but the obviously problematic issues like clearing fallen trees, and laying foundations of dozens of arm-thick logs across mud bogs (or simply re-routing the water, for that matter) is a no brainer.
Just think, with only a day a month or so, you could give back to the sport that has taken so much from you.
Hell, while youre at it, why not join IMBA?
They always like making new friends.
Oh, and while were on the subject, this here Makita cordless chainsaws only $189.00. You know, Christmas is right around the corner. If you got it for me, it would save young Hightower all of that work with my handsaw...
Comments
mmmm, Austin, out here in Santa Cruz, we aren't even allowed to ride those trails. the trails aren't supposed to exist. maintenance on our illegal trails is illegal regardless of the tools being used. but thanks for the heads up, probably useful to others.
Posted by: Geezer | November 21, 2006 07:44 PM
Great work, Stevil and friends! Be sure to check in with the local authorities before cutting wood and using tools (especially the powered onees) as this work in some places with out authorization may put you in jail! The Man likes trail work, but he/she wants to know about it before it is happening!
Posted by: Austin McInerny | November 20, 2006 03:34 PM