A contingent of 28 dedicated young people from Worcester Polytechnic Institute made an incredible contribution to the hill today, despite a steady rain that soaked everyone thoroughly. Among the tasks they completed:
- Hauling a huge pile of brush off the south end of the top of the clearing. We now have a much lower southern horizon from the parking area, after Joe Z and his dad did some major chainsaw work.
- Help pull timber snags out of the east side of the clearing
- Pile dirt around the telescope pads so now hopefully no one will fall off that pads in the dark.
- Re-stack the "log cabin" that's been slowly decaying at the bottom of the clearing. The re-stack should buy us time to use the wood for something come spring, maybe a shelter on the south summit.
- Cleared out the entrance to the trail from the clearing to the Piliated Lean-to.
I apologize that our attempts to feed them were hampered by running out of Coleman fuel. They put up with rain, wind, lukewarm Bolide Stew and some warm but not quite hot bratwursts, all without complaint. They seemed to enjoy the work. Thanks to a great group of young people. A special thanks to Dan Herzberg for organizing this. I promise if you guys come back in the spring time well have a building project!
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