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OEF Workday @ Roman Nose State Park
08/24/2003

On August 24th 10 brave trail workers met at Roman Nose State Park to finish one of the last projects before our 24 Hour Race. The goal was to replace an almost 40 degree fall-line section with a more modest 10-20 degree bench-cut section. Work started at 8 AM (we're not scared of the heat but we're not stupid!) and after numerous breaks we finished around 3 PM, just before the temperature hit 100F.

The new trail is twice is long as the section that we closed, and more importantly, should flow in both directions. Climbing up this section will be a serious challenge, riding down it should be fun because of the interesting turns and the speed you could pick up along the way. Please make sure not to lock your brakes on the way down, let the new section pack down first and toughen up a bit!

After the workday we lowered our core temperature by spending some time in the pool at the Park which was followed by some Excellent Mexican food in town...

I would like to thank these fine folks for showing up and giving back to the sport we all love:

These individuals know how to move dirt and build new trail! You can be one of those people too. I know, you are all too shy to hang with us and that's why you stay home but there is no need to be scared, just show up at one of our workdays...

Marcel Slootheer - Roman Nose co-trail-boss (I guess)

Pics by Candy Joubert and Marcel Slootheer © 2003

the goal of this workday was to replace this very steep fall-line
section with something that will be fun to ride up and down, and will
last longer than this rut...

work starting on the new section...

moving mountains...

movin' up the hill...

almost finished the bottom section...

Pete Singleton in the foreground...

finished product...

some guy resting...

further up the hill...

Shane Jones and Randy Burghart...

more of the same...

finished section...

Charles "OK IMBA dude" Duke...

Tyler Burghart...

Shane Jones...

Carla and Martin...

Bench-cut near the top of the section...

Martin Joubert raking new trail...

Charles working on a rolling-grade dip to get water
off our new trail...

Group, finished just before the temp hits 100F...

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NOTE: new bench-cut trails look like highways in the beginning but the green stuff
will grow back quickly and a single track trail will form once riders pack down the
new section...

THE END!