Time for more trail crews!

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I'm just back from a week working on a volunteer trail crew in the Mokelumne Wilderness. The trip into Moraine Lake was organized by the American Hiking Society, and led by staff from the US Forest Service. And it was full of fun, adventure, and damn hard work.

We had a mighty hailstorm (and a corresponding tent failure) health issues, lost hikers, buck saws, axes, Pulaskis and McLeods. We did rock work, lopping, sawyering, hoeing, tamping and scraping. We got bug bites, sun burns, tummy cramps, and sore, sore muscles.

Looking foward to the next one. Here's the whole story:

https://www.backpackthesierra.com/post/high-ho-high-ho

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Just did another four days in the mountains as a wilderness volunteer--this time in Desolation Wilderness. What fun! Met lots of good people, answered a few questions, did a little hiking, and got to know the hikers and neighbors in a really lovely part of the Sierra.

The full blog post about it, with a few photos, is here: https://www.backpackthesierra.com/post/ ... -trailhead