shelterbuilder
06-13-2010, 17:16
OKAY, FOLKS, HERE'S THE DEAL -- Blue Mountain Eagle Climbing Club recently received some grant money to replace the roofs of several of our shelters. I've placed worktrips for 2 of these projects on the club's activites schedule (Eagle's Nest in July and Windsor Furnace in September), but I need to get Bake Oven Knob Shelter's roof done ASAP. While this is the smallest of the three shelters, it is the most difficult to reach from our closest "staging location": it's a 1/4 mile climb UP the blue-blazed trail - AND I MEAN UP!! Many of our club's older "work-horses" have passed on in recent years, and many who remain would simply be unable to make the climb more than once or twice in a day. I really have no idea which club members will show up, so I'm looking for extra folks to help with this one.
We've got 7 bundles of shingles, 15 pounds of roofing nails, and some misc. items and tools that will need to be walked in to the site. I'm aiming for the weekend of June 19 and 20. BMECC members will be assembling in Bernville (north of Reading) around 8 AM, and it will take us about an hour to make the trip over to the staging area. Everything will have to be carried in, the old roof stripped off, the new roof installed, and the scraps cleaned up and hauled down the mountain. Anyone who wants to come out and help us is more than welcome...come for a day, or the entire weekend (there's plenty of tenting space around the shelter site...no privy...water is downhill along the blue trail).
Light rain will not stop this one, but a downpour will probably push things back until the following weekend. PM me if you're interested or need more info.
Thanks,
shelterbuilder.
We've got 7 bundles of shingles, 15 pounds of roofing nails, and some misc. items and tools that will need to be walked in to the site. I'm aiming for the weekend of June 19 and 20. BMECC members will be assembling in Bernville (north of Reading) around 8 AM, and it will take us about an hour to make the trip over to the staging area. Everything will have to be carried in, the old roof stripped off, the new roof installed, and the scraps cleaned up and hauled down the mountain. Anyone who wants to come out and help us is more than welcome...come for a day, or the entire weekend (there's plenty of tenting space around the shelter site...no privy...water is downhill along the blue trail).
Light rain will not stop this one, but a downpour will probably push things back until the following weekend. PM me if you're interested or need more info.
Thanks,
shelterbuilder.