Sun, Jul 17 2011 - Trail Maintenance on K-Trails with CMBA (Date Changed to July 17) (View Original Event Details)

Event Coordinator(s): Gord P
Participants:Martine P, Gregory M, Debra T, Gord P, Debra Q, Yannick, Kim H, Simon P, Martin V, Eric D, Douglas C, Robert T, Maggie S, Mandy D, robert m, Douglas C, Andrew S, Sarah W, edward p, Michelle P

Write Up:
Hey, that went GREAT.

I first have to tell you a heartwarming story. Two COC members spent the last 5 *months* travelling Asia and Europe and got home only 3 days ago. They were so moved by the quality and length & breadth of the trails available to us, and recognizing how lucky we are, spent one of their first days in North America in 5 months doing back breaking labour on the trail with us today. Because they know how important it is. (Glad to have you guys back ! )

Thank you to all you *very* hard working trail builders, we got some very tangible work done and helped out Calgary trail users.

As you can tell it takes a lot of manual work to build and maintain these trails, I'm guessing maybe 2-3 meters per person-hour? SRD (The AB government department) has zero budget for these projects so it is only because of you people willing to do this that they are getting the needed changes. And there is lots more to do, so tell / shame your friends into doing their part too.

And as usual, a big thanks to CMBA for working so hard on behalf of us. And Thanks to Michelle who found the perfect task while she's on light-duty.

I think I'll try out the new trail with a ride tomorrow night!

GordP

P.S. For anyone keeping score: COC 20 and CORA 0. Did only COC people show up today?