Two days ago, I completed an inspection of the Whipple Section, Points 06 - 05. This is usually where the worst damage is and I'm beginning to believe that the winter really took it easy on us. Humorously, I'm also beginning to wonder if the BTA's Whipple Work Weekend, my crew and I did it too good last year?
Then I drove through some more of the section's public parking areas and either measured their lengths, or counted their capacities in full size quad cab trucks. I estimate that the section can park about 170 vehicles. That's a necessary to know because I believe that The Wilderness Loop needs an event. And I did my counts by parking area, so it could be broken down locally. My data only includes public parking and right of ways that I know the width of, generally at the off-road trail, or along the on-road.
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2016/04/21
2016/04/07
Log 2016040702
Whipple Section - Buckeye/ North Country National Scenic Trail, Points 04 & 05 (off-road) in Lawrence Township of Washington County was inspected yesterday. It has about 3 issues, but nothing that really impedes the hiker. Otherwise, either the winter went easy on us there, or this really is an easier area to maintain. For the hiker, these are the easiest points on the section because they're only about 1.7mi apart and if they travel CCW, then it's mostly downhill all the way. This is good because if you park at Pt. 04, do a CCW hike to Pt. 06, then walk Eb on Brooks Rd/ T94, then Sb on Bean Ridge Rd/ T94, then at the BT/ NCT, travel CCW on the short points and that's the best way to loop that area and it's noted on my Section Supervisor's Personal Page.
2015/03/18
Log 2015031801
I purchased a Roughneck plastic container for my truing stand. It's twice as big for what I need it for and I'm not sure about where I'm store it yet?
Recently, I've had my lower back problem reemerge. But I've noticed that it gets better when I hike or workout. It's bizarre that this is the effect considering the stress that I have to put on it to do this. My guess is that that my entire body has not been getting adequate exercise when I'm at home and I'm loosing muscle mass unevenly, causing some of the lessening strands to stretch around others that have yet to compensate. All I know is that it works better than 800mg Tylenol.
On the 15th & 16th, I made my initial inspection of Whipple Section - Buckeye Trail's off-road (North Country National Scenic Trail concurrent). I wanted to do it early next month, but I monitor the severe weather conditions from the desk and weeks of areal flood watches and warnings, coupled with National Forest Service (NFS) campground closures prompted me to do it early.
Whipple's low point is at 604ft along the Little Muskingum River at a position that is roughly 7 miles north of the Ohio River. The river's level near the SE tip of Buckley Island is 584ft above sea level there and at the mouth of the Little Muskingum in Marietta of Washington County as well. I wish that I knew how many miles upstream our low point it, but it could be about 7 or 8? Considering how far in land the Little Muskingum goes before it reaches BT/ NCT, I'm surprised at just how little it gains in that short amount of distance.
The good news is that while along the Little Muskingum, Whipple's sand surface was on a top of a ledge, some 5 to 7ft from the bloated river. And it would really take a lot for a flooded river to overtake it, like a 200 year flood or more.
Whipple is passable at the moment, in fact, most people can reach average speeds on it. With that being said, I accounted for 145 deficiencies in Whipple's 13.59 miles of off-road in the Marietta Unit of the Wayne National Forest. Most of them are downed trees of 18" of less that are resting entirely on the trail's surface. We have a sawyer course coming up in May and I intend to be there. But without a sawyer, it would take over 24 days per person to clear those obstructions with a hand saw. However, my experience with a chainsaw suggests that it won't get much faster.
Recently, I've had my lower back problem reemerge. But I've noticed that it gets better when I hike or workout. It's bizarre that this is the effect considering the stress that I have to put on it to do this. My guess is that that my entire body has not been getting adequate exercise when I'm at home and I'm loosing muscle mass unevenly, causing some of the lessening strands to stretch around others that have yet to compensate. All I know is that it works better than 800mg Tylenol.
On the 15th & 16th, I made my initial inspection of Whipple Section - Buckeye Trail's off-road (North Country National Scenic Trail concurrent). I wanted to do it early next month, but I monitor the severe weather conditions from the desk and weeks of areal flood watches and warnings, coupled with National Forest Service (NFS) campground closures prompted me to do it early.
Whipple's low point is at 604ft along the Little Muskingum River at a position that is roughly 7 miles north of the Ohio River. The river's level near the SE tip of Buckley Island is 584ft above sea level there and at the mouth of the Little Muskingum in Marietta of Washington County as well. I wish that I knew how many miles upstream our low point it, but it could be about 7 or 8? Considering how far in land the Little Muskingum goes before it reaches BT/ NCT, I'm surprised at just how little it gains in that short amount of distance.
The good news is that while along the Little Muskingum, Whipple's sand surface was on a top of a ledge, some 5 to 7ft from the bloated river. And it would really take a lot for a flooded river to overtake it, like a 200 year flood or more.
Whipple is passable at the moment, in fact, most people can reach average speeds on it. With that being said, I accounted for 145 deficiencies in Whipple's 13.59 miles of off-road in the Marietta Unit of the Wayne National Forest. Most of them are downed trees of 18" of less that are resting entirely on the trail's surface. We have a sawyer course coming up in May and I intend to be there. But without a sawyer, it would take over 24 days per person to clear those obstructions with a hand saw. However, my experience with a chainsaw suggests that it won't get much faster.
2013/10/04
Log 2013100401
I haven't written a log in 6 days. With out looking, I'd say my entries have probably been sparse. I check out of Basecamp Golf and am now checked back in at Basecamp Foxtrot at Mary Jane Thurston State Park in Grand Rapids of Wood County. There is some question as to how long I can stay here because the park is scheduled to fill up sometime around the Apple Butter Festival on 13 October.
I may be loosing brake fluid in squirts. I noticed this on gravel when I pulled in to a parking area earlier.
On my way down from Harrison Lake, I stopped to reinspect the lower Defiance segment of the Defiance Section. This is some road and three portions of off-road along the old Miami and Erie Canal. I've done a bunch of work on it already, but with those 9 fallen trees in the way and having to cut them with a hand saw, it's making the work come out to be a bit lengthy. And like the work done in the Athens Unit, it's difficult to plan and prioritize the work load in a way that I can perform it in one sweeping motion. Today on the Lower Defiance Segment, I made a note of every thing that still needs to be done and I hope that I can do it more quickly.
I think I have about 5 downed trees left. A couple days ago, I groomed the on to off-road aperture. There was two or three young growth apple trees, whose canopy's had crashed and impeded the trail's 7 foot ceiling. I had to clear quite a bit of them.
Otherwise, I'm seeing pruning and blazing on about two miles or so of the off-road Buckeye/ North Country National Scenic Trail. The north portion looks the best. It's worst is about 0.5mi of overgrowth in the center.
I may be loosing brake fluid in squirts. I noticed this on gravel when I pulled in to a parking area earlier.
On my way down from Harrison Lake, I stopped to reinspect the lower Defiance segment of the Defiance Section. This is some road and three portions of off-road along the old Miami and Erie Canal. I've done a bunch of work on it already, but with those 9 fallen trees in the way and having to cut them with a hand saw, it's making the work come out to be a bit lengthy. And like the work done in the Athens Unit, it's difficult to plan and prioritize the work load in a way that I can perform it in one sweeping motion. Today on the Lower Defiance Segment, I made a note of every thing that still needs to be done and I hope that I can do it more quickly.
I think I have about 5 downed trees left. A couple days ago, I groomed the on to off-road aperture. There was two or three young growth apple trees, whose canopy's had crashed and impeded the trail's 7 foot ceiling. I had to clear quite a bit of them.
Otherwise, I'm seeing pruning and blazing on about two miles or so of the off-road Buckeye/ North Country National Scenic Trail. The north portion looks the best. It's worst is about 0.5mi of overgrowth in the center.
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