Carl Fritz reporting
Event Date: August 17th
The Watauga Global Community College of Appalachian State University (ASU) offers their incoming freshmen an optional orientation event to get acquainted with each other. For the twelfth consecutive year they have partnered with Tennessee Eastman Hiking and Canoeing Club (TEHCC) to do a trail maintenance event! Trail maintenance in groups provides many social opportunities in a work environment. On this Friday August 17, we started the first relocation of the Backbone Rock Trail just south of Damascus. Ninety seven students and five professors of Watauga College showed up in spite of a 70% prediction of rain (which did not materialize). And very importantly we had 17 club members and friends who helped acquaint the students with trail digging. Continue reading “Relocation of Backbone Rock Trail with ASU”