I'm applying to a conservation corps position (also based out of Asheville, NC coincidentally) and this gave me the inspiration I needed to sit down and write my cover-letter. Thanks for sharing all the good times you had!
In the summer of 1972 I was in the second year of the YCC pilot program in RMNP. I'm so very glad the program is still going strong. We lived in the old CCC cabins that used to be in Hollowell Park. Ranger Steve Hickman and ranger Forrest Weldon were our leaders. One of our main projects that summer was to remove the overhead phone line coming down from Jim's Grove campsite on the way up Longs Peak and putting in a buried cable. Also pulled up mullein, helped on back country carry outs of injured hikers and climbers. Best summer of my life and still relive some of those memories now, at 69. The two I remember most often were the time I woke up in Chapin Creek valley and saw a huge herd of elk surrounding my tent, grazing (some literally 10' from my tent). I was solo backpacking on the weekend. The other was taking a rubber raft across Chasm Lake at sunrise with Twin Sisters Peaks and a beautiful sunrise to the East. A climber had fallen and broken his leg on a flake. His partner (and father) climbed back down that night while his son spent the night on the east face of Longs. We started up the trail in the wee hours of the morning and reached Chasm Lake just before sunrise. The raft was to bring the climber and litter back, as the area around Chasm Lake was so full of huge boulders, the raft was much easier with a litter. Walt Fricke and Steve Hickman (and maybe a couple others, don't remember) made the climb up to get him while we waited in the glacial cirque and got terribly sunburned, lol. If you get a chance to be a part of this, please don't miss it.
It solely comes down to your crew dynamics; I've completed a term at a Conservation Corps only to go to the same one the next year and quit a few weeks into it because of the crew dynamics. It is a great program to learn skills and be able to be hands-on with satisfying work, though none of this will be so if you are in a situation with difficult crew members; keep that in mind if you do decide to go, be ready to try and make compromises and have situations where you may not see eye to eye with members and be willing to find (or at least try) to find a resolution to some conflict because it will happen at one point or another, it's very rare you will be in a crew with everyone who gets along and all has the same interests. If you do find that crew, count your blessings and enjoy every bit of it!
It really depends on the organization and the project you are working on! Most of the time, you are provided with dorm-type accommodations when you return from your projects. While you're out working in. the field, most often you are camping in a tent. Hope that's helpful!
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I'm applying to a conservation corps position (also based out of Asheville, NC coincidentally) and this gave me the inspiration I needed to sit down and write my cover-letter. Thanks for sharing all the good times you had!
Yes! I love that. You’re going to have such a blast. Are you applying for a position with ACE (American Conservation Experience)?
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In the summer of 1972 I was in the second year of the YCC pilot program in RMNP. I'm so very glad the program is still going strong. We lived in the old CCC cabins that used to be in Hollowell Park. Ranger Steve Hickman and ranger Forrest Weldon were our leaders. One of our main projects that summer was to remove the overhead phone line coming down from Jim's Grove campsite on the way up Longs Peak and putting in a buried cable. Also pulled up mullein, helped on back country carry outs of injured hikers and climbers. Best summer of my life and still relive some of those memories now, at 69. The two I remember most often were the time I woke up in Chapin Creek valley and saw a huge herd of elk surrounding my tent, grazing (some literally 10' from my tent). I was solo backpacking on the weekend. The other was taking a rubber raft across Chasm Lake at sunrise with Twin Sisters Peaks and a beautiful sunrise to the East. A climber had fallen and broken his leg on a flake. His partner (and father) climbed back down that night while his son spent the night on the east face of Longs. We started up the trail in the wee hours of the morning and reached Chasm Lake just before sunrise. The raft was to bring the climber and litter back, as the area around Chasm Lake was so full of huge boulders, the raft was much easier with a litter. Walt Fricke and Steve Hickman (and maybe a couple others, don't remember) made the climb up to get him while we waited in the glacial cirque and got terribly sunburned, lol. If you get a chance to be a part of this, please don't miss it.
It solely comes down to your crew dynamics; I've completed a term at a Conservation Corps only to go to the same one the next year and quit a few weeks into it because of the crew dynamics. It is a great program to learn skills and be able to be hands-on with satisfying work, though none of this will be so if you are in a situation with difficult crew members; keep that in mind if you do decide to go, be ready to try and make compromises and have situations where you may not see eye to eye with members and be willing to find (or at least try) to find a resolution to some conflict because it will happen at one point or another, it's very rare you will be in a crew with everyone who gets along and all has the same interests. If you do find that crew, count your blessings and enjoy every bit of it!
Really soulful. Thanks. Fresh air at those days
Glad you enjoyed it!
You got me thinking its time to slow down abit.
do they provide a place to sleep and live like barracks?
I am also wondering about this
Most of the time (on the website it says 99.9%) you are sleeping outside. Basically backpacking every day.
It really depends on the organization and the project you are working on! Most of the time, you are provided with dorm-type accommodations when you return from your projects. While you're out working in. the field, most often you are camping in a tent. Hope that's helpful!
Кажется что это из рая репортаж.А у нас война и диктатура.
Sending you so much love, Ivan!