Monkey Boy Strikes Again

Here is our intrepid NPS Trail Worker hard at . . . work? Play? A co-worker and I were out doing trail assessments -- rolling a measuring wheel along a trail to pinpoint problem areas -- and the one that was assigned us was, of all trails, the Beehive. A good portion of this trail actually goes vertical more than horizontal (straight up a cliff face with the aid of rungs and handrails), so I of course couldn't pass up the opportunity to scare the livin' crap out of myself. I had to climb up the rungs with one hand, holding the measuring wheel in the other. Thank God I was a monkey in my early years.


Just to give you a feel for the experience, here's a shot I took of cousin Mary -- at the top -- when we took Beehive on with both hands available. This is actually one of my favorite trails in the park. (Old monkeys never die, they just go bananas.)


Earthquake Damage Update
On the way back to the shop after the assessment, we stopped and took a look at the landslide scour of the East Face/Precipice Trail I reported in my "Earthquake Assessment" blog. In that blog, one of the shots was looking across a talus field that once was the trail. The dark rectangle in this shot is where that portion of the trail used to be. The trees used to extend completely across along the trail.