Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Bear Mountain, NY


highline crew

ron and neal rig up a large stone for the highline

display of basic tools used to split stone
step 1 score straight line with shaping hammers parallel to grain of stone


step 2 drill holes along the scored line


step 3 set feathers and wedges and make some music, listen for crispy crackling noises as the crack slowly appears

sean gives the rock xylophone a try


dawn and sean tag team this boulder


splitting 8inch thick rectangular prisms out of five foot long boulder for a step stone in the trail


landing another highlined boulder


sean uses two shaping hammers to rift a stone into a more suitable wall rock


before.....

.....after

eddie and bob overhaul a griphoist

pat neal and katherine beneath a tarp shelter during a fall storm
still happy campers!

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