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CALENDAR of CLUB ACTIVITIES WORK HIKES Hike Scheduling Spring 2012 The Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club is a recreational hiking association of volunteers who preserve and improve the Appalachian Trail as the nation’s premier, continuous, long-distance footpath. What’s Inside... CALENDAR OF CLUB ACTIVITIES New Members............................. 2 Hikemaster’s Report ................... 2 _______________ Hike Reports ............................... 3 WORK HIKES Hike Schedule........................... 11 Sunday, April 22, - 8:30 AM Membership Renewal ............... 15 Catawba Mountain - Contacting the RATC ............ Back Saturday, May 27 - 8:00 AM Salt Pond Mountain - Saturday/Sunday, June 23&24 - 8:00AM Salt Pond Mountain ____________ Hike Scheduling Contact Adam Wood 302-528-9680 – [email protected] ____________ BOARD MEETINGS (All members are always welcome. Please let the host know you plan to attend.) Monday, April 16, 7:00 p.m. Hosted by Roger Holnback Monday, May 21, 7:00 p.m. Hosted by Dick Clark Monday, June 18, 7:00 p.m. Hosted by Mike Vaughn Winter 2012 www.ratc.org RATC TRAIL BLAZER - 2 Welcome New Members The Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club welcomes the following new members: Edward Burgess Janet Scheid Danielle Dahlheimer Dan Dennison Nancy Snyder David Foster Victor Fischer Linda Stowell Tom Howard Jennifer Horne Phillip Strokus Glen, Susanna & Hannah Tom Howard Trish Webb Mitchell Bud LaRoche Brian Batteiger John & Pamela Reed John & Pamela Reed Theresa Conti Hunter & Debby Wiley And we thank you for making donations: Edward Burgess Carina & Bill Hughes Janet Scheid David L. Cullen Ursula & Siegfried Kolmstetter Phillip Strokus Victor Fischer Bud LaRoche Nancy Snyder Michael G. Haynie Ivy Lidstone Fleet Feet Sports Roanoke Jennifer Horne Mike & Jennie Reilly Beverly D. Williamson, Jr We look forward to meeting you soon: hiking on the trail, at work, social event, or a board meeting. Bob Blankenbaker ____________________ President’s Report Many of you know that besides the AT there are one has completed hiking the whole length of a few other long distance foot trails in America. the GET. The most prominent of these are the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) and Continental Divide Trail To find out more about the trail go to (CDT). A recent addition to this list is the GET, www.greateasterntrail.net . the Great Eastern Divide Trail. This trail runs just west of the AT, from Alabama to New York Troutville is the latest town along the A.T. to be State. It is currently 1,800 miles long, but there designated an Appalachian Trail Community. are plans to extend it. Planning for the trail This program is designed to recognize started in 2007. communities that promote and protect the A.T. There are now 14 communities along the trail Like the AT, the work on the GET is performed that have received this designation. To find out by volunteers. Several volunteer trail clubs are more about this program go to already in existence to maintain it and more will www.appalachiantrail.org. probably be formed. The trail links several existing trails such as the Allegheny Trail in Another club member, Timo Grüneberg, has West Virginia and the Tuscarora Trail in completed the section of the A.T. maintained by Virginia. It actually shares 20 miles of the AT our club and has received a “113 Mile” patch. If over Peters Mountain from Pearisburg to the you have completed all of our section of the trail intersection with the Allegheny Trail. So far, no let me know and I will send you a patch. You Winter 2012 www.ratc.org RATC TRAIL BLAZER - 3 can find out more about the hikes on our section all of the hike leaders for helping the club over of the A.T. by visiting the Trail Information area the past year! Contact me if you are interested on our web site, www.ratc.org. There are in becoming a hike leader. descriptions and maps of the day hikes on our section and a chart to keep track of your miles. We have added a new article to the Resources section of our web site, www.RATC.org. It lists Several pictures taken by RATC club member the ten essential items, such as raingear and a Vince Mier were featured in the February issue lighter, that you should bring on a hike. of Journeys, the magazine of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. The pictures were taken Dogs are allowed on most of the AT. On RATC during Vince’s 2011 thru-hike. Vince is also a hikes, it is up to the hike leader whether to allow trail maintainer for the club. dogs on the hike, but don’t expect that your dog will be welcome in a driver’s car. If you do take At our March banquet several hike leaders your dog on the trail, please follow these received hats and club T-shirts for leading guidelines: multiple hikes over the past year. Hats for leading 4 - 6 hikes went to Blanche Brower, - Do not allow your dog to chase wildlife. Merv Brower, Sue Scanlin, Lois Smith, Maurice - Leash your dog around water sources. Turner, and Mike Vaughn. T-shirts for leading - Be sure that your dog does not bother 7 – 8 hikes went to Maya Bohler and John other hikers. Merkwan. A hat and T-shirt for leading more - Bury your pet’s waste. than nine hikes went to Diana Christopulos, Mike Vaughn Mark McClain, and Kris Peckman. Thanks to Hike Reports Sunday, September 18, 2011 – 8:00 AM mountain, probably by the resident fire warden back Garden Mountain to Poor Valley when this shelter was the warden’s cabin. The trails Bob and Kris Peckman (leaders), Maya Bohler, approaching the knob from both sides are Carina Hughes, Jim Walke relentlessly up: it must have been a great location for a fire tower. We ate lunch inside the cozy cabin, Cancel the advertised magnificent views of Burkes but when we emerged to start hiking along the balds Garden: fog obliterated them. The sun only came of Chestnut Ridge, the sun was beginning to come out after we were halfway down the mountain at the out, warming us enough to get down to short end of the day. However, after the long, long car sleeves. We began to see views of the Mt. Rogers shuttle, it felt wonderful to be hiking again, even in area to the south as the fog was lifting. A wide the fog. The hike starts with a steep but short swath of trail has been recently mowed through the ascent, then a four-mile ridge walk. After Walker’s entire open area of the ridge, and the two large Gap there’s a 2-mile climb of about 1000 feet mowers were still there. It was a quick descent elevation to Chestnut Knob (there were, indeed, through the woods to Carina’s car, where we began chestnuts on the ground as we approached the the long car shuttle in reverse. The drives on the Knob), where a fully enclosed, large stone shelter two very long dirt roads were interesting, far too with giant-sized bunks and a picnic table protect interesting. At least the hiking time beat the driving hikers from the elements. We had just reached the time by one hour (6 to 5), and the drive along Route bottom of the clouds as wisps scudded by. The 42 was lovely. Our views had been blocked by composting privy had a sign ordering Maya to more than fog. This hike would be best in the replenish the duff bucket, which she dutifully did. spring when the days are long but before the leaves Jim showed us old bottles and bedsprings that had block the views. been tossed off the steep, Burkes Garden side of the Winter 2012 www.ratc.org RATC TRAIL BLAZER - 4 Saturday, December 3, 6:00PM thought a dog barking in the hollow was attempting Holiday Potluck Dinner to sing Jingle Bells in dog speak. Being in the spirit of foolishness, I helped Carl sing a dog verse which Carolyn McPeak (leader) plus a cast of thousands. helped silence the Christmas hound. We have the best potluck ever. Then Dave Socky’s slide show on their very rugged trip in the Wind Sunday, December 4, 2011 1:00PM River range was inspiring to some, and made the AT, Black Horse Gap to Blue Ridge Parkway rest of us so grateful that we have our pretty little Chestnut Ridge mountains to walk in. Maurice Turner (leader) & Dena Goldberg Sunday, December 4, 2011 8:00AM It was a sunny day on this afternoon hike and we Andy Layne Trail to Daleville, encountered horse back riders in addition to runners 113 Mile Hike #3 and other hikers. Another nice day for a hike that is close in and a short drive from home. John Merkwan (leader), Karen Callahan (assistant), Carina Hughes, Ivy Lidstone, Carl Cornett, Kris Sunday, December 11, 2011 8:00AM and Bob Peckman. Work Hike Steve Burt, Bruce Davidson, David Jones, Kris Peckman The last hike report (Pearis Mountain) stated that four participants are better than none, and so too this truism holds for this workhike. Three RATC members met at the Route 311 parking lot, on a clear but cold day. Today’s work was to repair a moderately steep twenty-yard section that was eroding. Arriving at the site and looking at the situation, the first question was how we would fix this problem. With a crew of three, we had to limit the amount of trail we would try to fix--the top third of the section. Once we narrowed our goal, the nagging question On this beautiful day for a hike, we saw five remained: what were we going to do to repair this different groups along the 13.1 miles of bliss on site? The confounding factor was that the trail was today's hike.
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