peakbagger
06-02-2017, 08:51
I posted this on another forum but Southbounders may be interested. I slightly edited it.
WGME a TV station in southern maine had a story in the last few days on Katahdin Woods and Waters (east of Baxter) building 30 miles of new trails. The video showed the North Country Conservation Corps (NCCC) working on brushing out a section of trail (looked like an old logging road). They were in full bug gear. Boots, long pants long sleeves and bug nets all very tightly closed up. The bug nets they were using had a top ring to keep the netting out away from the skin so they looked like they were wearing mesh helmets. It looked oddly like old science fiction movies of the 50s. Hopefully the photographer had similar gear as the camera lens was covered by bugs. They interviewed one of the participants who took the bug net off and it was obvious it was going to be a short interview. Definitely not the time to be out in the woods near BSP. Only good thing is the temps are below average the next 10 days so
Of course the AT south bounders are just heading out over the next two weeks so hope they got the gear and sanity to survive the onslaught. I looked around for a link to the video an couldn't find one.
WGME a TV station in southern maine had a story in the last few days on Katahdin Woods and Waters (east of Baxter) building 30 miles of new trails. The video showed the North Country Conservation Corps (NCCC) working on brushing out a section of trail (looked like an old logging road). They were in full bug gear. Boots, long pants long sleeves and bug nets all very tightly closed up. The bug nets they were using had a top ring to keep the netting out away from the skin so they looked like they were wearing mesh helmets. It looked oddly like old science fiction movies of the 50s. Hopefully the photographer had similar gear as the camera lens was covered by bugs. They interviewed one of the participants who took the bug net off and it was obvious it was going to be a short interview. Definitely not the time to be out in the woods near BSP. Only good thing is the temps are below average the next 10 days so
Of course the AT south bounders are just heading out over the next two weeks so hope they got the gear and sanity to survive the onslaught. I looked around for a link to the video an couldn't find one.