March '09 Catclaw Revenge Cleanup Tortilla Pass-Angel Basin

[SuperstitionGuy]

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March 12th (Thursday) to March 15th (Sunday) - update as of February 4th

Trail maintenance - cutting back the overgrowth with long handled loppers or hand held pruners.
Read the following posts about the project for further information and make comments yourself.

Recommended tools for this project:
Bypass Lopper from Lowe's - 27" long handled model item # 41006 ($16.98) with the silver handles & green grips.
Mini Bypass Pruner from Lowe's - 14.5" long handled Corona Two-Handed Mini Bypass Pruner, BP3225 ($19.98)
Heavy leather gloves with wrist protection combined with a tough long sleeved shirt and tough long pants.
You may also want a hat for sun protection, sun glasses, eye protection goggles and knee pads.

Grasshopper will be responsible for the work project from the Woodbury Trailhead to Tortilla Pass.
I will be responsible for the work project from Angel Basin to Tortilla Pass.
Grasshopper plans to set up a base camp by Byous Butte and car pool each day to the work site.
We willl base camp in Angel Basin and hike/work the trail from the north to the south.
It is not necessary that you be available for all four days as any help will be appreciated.

For those committing to this the Angel Basin base camp, I will be guiding a side excursion to a little known cliff dwelling in Rogers Canyon late Saturday afternoon.

Please commit to either half of the project and let Grasshopper and I know your plans and resources.
We hope to have campfire get togethers in the evenings so it's not all work as well.
Then we can share our hiking and backpacking experiences, stories and lies.

I may even be willing to tell you my story about the burial in the main cliff dwelling of Rogers Canyon.

We would also like to have a volunteer on site that has the emergency device called SPOT in case we have any life threatening injuries while performing this service project. Those of you who have committed or expressed interest please let me know if you have this device. Just PM me...

PS - There will be a full moon this weekend for any of you that wish to backpack in or out in the dark of the night.

Stay tuned for further updates and information.
:thanx:

[nonot]

Is anyone who is going willing to give me a ride back to the east valley Sunday afternoon/Sunday evening?

[nonot]

Final bump for me, I'm still looking for a ride back to the east valley sometime on Sunday, please PM me.

[rushthezeppelin]

Everyone that I know of that was going left on wednesday and they are just doing the TH basecamp thing.....Angel Basin got cancelled. I was going to come in today but I dont have a HC vehicle and Hank said there wouldn't be anybody to take me up to the TH : /

[SuperstitionGuy]

Angel Basin did not get cancelled. I hitchhiked in early Wednesday morning, worked that afternoon and all the next day until just before sundown when my loppers gave out. I then backpacked out this morning and hitched a ride off the mountain with a retired Mesa school teacher and his wife. Hank and his crew worked yesterday and plan on working again tomorrow for those of you that would like to join them. I would still be on the mtn had my loppers not failed me. Viva catclaw revenge!