Thanks for the updates. Really enjoyed the interview with Joe Morris. These people do amazing work, and we should all thank them profusely when we see them on the trail. If we have some spare money, we should also reward their work with donations to support the trails we enjoy.
Thank you for all your hard work. This is one of the best shows on RUclips as far as I’m concerned might be needing some assistance from you information wise here in the upcoming future I am a single father with Cancer 56 years old. I have a six-year-old and I wanna take her and show her a part of the Appalachian Trail this yearnot exactly sure whether we’re going to Tennessee or West Virginia. Both are in my sites and it’ll be maybe just a small section hike with the Appalachian Trail with my little girl I think it would be good. Memories really appreciate everything you guys are doing. Keep up the fantastic work. It is greatly appreciated.
@@Ramdinohikes Excellent. I can't express how much your positive energy serves to encourage me and other Nobos preparing for a 2025 hike... , we are given so little actionable information from the ATC, and your channel is the only direct source we have!!
Too bad about the Mountain Harbour barn. That barn was over 100 years old. I tented behind it on a section hike back in 2015. Gosh, has it been that long? The Overmountain Shelter barn was simply too far gone. Eaten up with termites and the support poles on the side porch leaning 20 degrees. Offers to completely rebuild it were denied by the Forest Service. In it's place will be a large pavilion.
It's bureaucratically stoopid to not allow power equipment to be used during a disaster cleanup. I'd use it anyway and dare them to say something to me. YMMV. Thanks for all the great updates and information.
I understand why people want to use machinery in wilderness areas to clear storm damage but I hope they don't. If you use them, you MIGHT get the trails 'passable' for ONE hiker season, but the affects would be ruining the marks of a true wilderness area for DECADES. Wilderness areas are supposed to be difficult to maintain. That's the point. It preserves characteristics of the trail destroyed or removed by traditional trail maintenance. They already have more blowdowns and fewer blazes and signs by design. 20 years from now those wilderness areas will be some of the cooler parts of the trail because it would better preserve the extent of the storm damage you wouldn't be able to see anywhere else.
@Navy1977 because the debris will be there for that long until it decays. Large blow downs don't disappear in a year. The whole reason they restrict chainsaws in the first place is because they allow for easy maintenance that easily shows the traces of human impact. The point of the wilderness areas is to preserve as much of the wild characteristics as possible. That's why there are rarely any signs, few blazes, limited steps, water bars, only certain blow downs removed etc. A crosscut and chainsaw cut look largely the same but the scale is completely different. If you blow through anywhere with wheelbarrows, chainsaws and other machinery, it's going to look completely different from a place that can't use those things. Wilderness is supposed to look wild.
@BackpackingTrip It's a once in a lifetime natural disaster that you either remediate as quickly and completely as you can, or you allow it to be adversely affected and lose its appeal as a hiking trail that is essential to the surrounding communities. Chain saws, and other 21st century tools, do not harm the wildness that's already devastated.
@@Navy1977 it's the Appalachian trail, it's not going to lose its appeal anytime soon. All I'm saying is don't ruin the wilderness for sake of 'opening' it a few months early. Just follow the normal maintenance precautions and in all likelihood have it fully open by next year
Thanks for getting the updates out.
Thank you to everyone for the positive vibes and support to Uncle Johnny’s.
Cheetah
Absolutely, hope you can make it happe.notnthe same without uj
Thanks for the updates. Really enjoyed the interview with Joe Morris. These people do amazing work, and we should all thank them profusely when we see them on the trail. If we have some spare money, we should also reward their work with donations to support the trails we enjoy.
I think it's important to support trail organizations, they do such great work!
Thank you for all your hard work. This is one of the best shows on RUclips as far as I’m concerned might be needing some assistance from you information wise here in the upcoming future I am a single father with Cancer 56 years old. I have a six-year-old and I wanna take her and show her a part of the Appalachian Trail this yearnot exactly sure whether we’re going to Tennessee or West Virginia. Both are in my sites and it’ll be maybe just a small section hike with the Appalachian Trail with my little girl I think it would be good. Memories really appreciate everything you guys are doing. Keep up the fantastic work. It is greatly appreciated.
It sounds like you're planning a very special trip. Let me know how I can help
I’m grateful Uncle Johnny’s will rebuild. Sorry to hear about Mountain Harbor.
Thanks for the update.
Yep, Wouldn't be the same without UJ's
Joe Morris is a good guy, he’s pretty active in the community.
reat news thanks ramdino "passin thru"
This channel is AWESOME
THANKS!!
Great update info!
Glad to help, cheers
Thanks for the updates !
You’re welcome, keep up with the channel for more
Thanks for the update, Ramdino. Much appreciated!! Are there any plans to update the spreadsheet with any new information?
Working on it
@@Ramdinohikes Excellent. I can't express how much your positive energy serves to encourage me and other Nobos preparing for a 2025 hike... , we are given so little actionable information from the ATC, and your channel is the only direct source we have!!
Hope the Sawyer's don't get the squeeze! 😂 Keep up the good everyone who has helped, thanks
I hear ya
What did they do with the barn wood from the Overmountain shelter?
Hopefully salvaged it. It's like gold wood!!
I got a small piece at my house. Not sure about the rest. Maybe Cat.
Herder./Joe can tell us.
Wilderness areas rules… I personally think there is a time and place for rule changes.
Agreed in time if disaster
Too bad about the Mountain Harbour barn. That barn was over 100 years old. I tented behind it on a section hike back in 2015. Gosh, has it been that long? The Overmountain Shelter barn was simply too far gone. Eaten up with termites and the support poles on the side porch leaning 20 degrees. Offers to completely rebuild it were denied by the Forest Service. In it's place will be a large pavilion.
@november151956 dm me I'd like to hear more about plans for a pavillion
It's bureaucratically stoopid to not allow power equipment to be used during a disaster cleanup. I'd use it anyway and dare them to say something to me. YMMV. Thanks for all the great updates and information.
Agreed. Extraordinary circumstances require extraordinary solutions.
I'd be willing to bet if a wildfire was moving through pushed by the wind there'd be lots of people and equipment used.
@@rangerinthewoods Exactly!!
@@Bibs123 Totally spot on!
Exactly!
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Check your email Buddy!! this is great!
Will do
@@Ramdinohikes video is up
I understand why people want to use machinery in wilderness areas to clear storm damage but I hope they don't. If you use them, you MIGHT get the trails 'passable' for ONE hiker season, but the affects would be ruining the marks of a true wilderness area for DECADES. Wilderness areas are supposed to be difficult to maintain. That's the point. It preserves characteristics of the trail destroyed or removed by traditional trail maintenance. They already have more blowdowns and fewer blazes and signs by design. 20 years from now those wilderness areas will be some of the cooler parts of the trail because it would better preserve the extent of the storm damage you wouldn't be able to see anywhere else.
How would chain saws ruin the marks of a true wilderness area for DECADES?
@Navy1977 because the debris will be there for that long until it decays. Large blow downs don't disappear in a year. The whole reason they restrict chainsaws in the first place is because they allow for easy maintenance that easily shows the traces of human impact. The point of the wilderness areas is to preserve as much of the wild characteristics as possible. That's why there are rarely any signs, few blazes, limited steps, water bars, only certain blow downs removed etc. A crosscut and chainsaw cut look largely the same but the scale is completely different. If you blow through anywhere with wheelbarrows, chainsaws and other machinery, it's going to look completely different from a place that can't use those things. Wilderness is supposed to look wild.
@BackpackingTrip It's a once in a lifetime natural disaster that you either remediate as quickly and completely as you can, or you allow it to be adversely affected and lose its appeal as a hiking trail that is essential to the surrounding communities. Chain saws, and other 21st century tools, do not harm the wildness that's already devastated.
@@Navy1977 it's the Appalachian trail, it's not going to lose its appeal anytime soon. All I'm saying is don't ruin the wilderness for sake of 'opening' it a few months early. Just follow the normal maintenance precautions and in all likelihood have it fully open by next year