Eldo: Rincon West - New Descent Stairs - Volunteers Needed
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Greetings: This is some of the fun: Hope to see you out there! PS - if there's anyone looking for a brutal Monday morning workout, there's always gear to carry up at the beginning of the work week. We'd love the help, and you'd be done by 7am. PM or email if interested. Best Mike McHugh Park Resource Dude Eldorado Canyon State Park mike.mchugh@state.co.us 303.494.0659 facebook.com/eldoTrails |
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Bump. |
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Bad news/good news |
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I was by over the hill on sat, but didnt hear or see anything, was pretty quit, not a lot of people around. |
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Work is going quite well, and we're looking for volunteers on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, or Thursdays through the rest of August. We're pretty much finished restoring the steps cliffside, and are going to start building a sweeeeeet descent trail from the Over the Hill walkoff ledge. C'mon, now, this is your chance to give back to Eldo. It's ridiculously fun, and the hike to Rincon and a day (or more!) of wrasslin' rocks will get you on track to send like a beast this fall. (A summer of working with these young brutes and I'm a sub-200 pound beefcake for the first time in a decade - imagine what you could do!) Sign up here: eventbrite.com/e/august-rin… PM or e-mail me for more deets. mike.mchugh@state.co.us |
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The Eldo staff is a great group of climber-positive people. Also remember that Eldo is state funded and doesn't get the big budget like the OSMP properties (e.g. Flatirons). You wouldn't know it based on the quality of the trails thanks to the hard work of Mike and crew. |
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Mike McHugh wrote:Bad news/good news The Bad: Over the weekend, someone broke into our gear cache. They didn't steal much (maybe an old aluminum hardhat), but threw stuff everywhere and damaged a few things.Is it possible any of that gear smelled like peanut butter? My money is on the chipmunks. I've been amazed at the rock-pile-buried tupperware they've managed to break into. |
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Em Cos wrote: Is it possible any of that gear smelled like peanut butter? My money is on the chipmunks. I've been amazed at the rock-pile-buried tupperware they've managed to break into.They threw a 10-lb sledge about 75 feet down the talus slope. Which is a pretty routine weight/distance for an Eldo chipmunk. Good call. |
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Hi, everybody. Hope to see you out there. Mike McHugh Chief Cook and Rock Stacker Eldorado Canyon State Park 303.494.0659 mike.mchugh@state.co.us facebook.com/eldotrails |
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haha. chipmunks. |
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Hey! Mike McHugh Chair, Department of Contemplative Rock Placement Studies Eldorado Canyon State Park 303.494.0659 mike.mchugh@state.co.us |