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Day
9:
Thursday, July 9 We woke up a little before six today, and left just before seven. The first part of our hike was back through Baldy Town. Now that our packs are so heavy from taking on DJ and Will’s crew gear, it is quite a chore to lift them . We got to Baldy Town at 7:40, since it was a fairly easy downhill hike. We ate breakfast there, and then had a four day food pickup- adding even more weight to our overburdened packs. At least it was only for ten, because we believe that DJ will not return. We also refilled water and fuel bottles, and, as a definite plus, received fresh apples. We then sorted the food and returned what we knew we would not eat. Even with this help in reducing weight, our packs were much heavier than recommended for safe backpacking, since we had to carry gear for eleven (we had not thought to send much back with DJ or Will) and food for ten with nine people. It was quite the exercise in packing. We left Baldy Town around 9:00. We had a fast hike downhill, and got a really good look back up at Baldy.
Day 10:
Friday, July 10
Since Head of Dean is our conservation site, we went to sign up for the project at 1:00. It started with nearly an hour long talk on trailbuilding and tools. The big project that all crews assigned to conservation here work on is the construction of the new Head of Dean trail. Our first task was moving some cut up tree parts off of the trail, and then further away from it. Then we pushed over one tree in the way of the trail that other crews had had trouble with, and nearly finished knocking over another, but had to got back and eat dinner. We went to our tents around 7:45. << Days 7 & 8  |  Days 11 & 12 >> |
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