On the first day, along with scouts Aadarsh Jonnagaladda, Aarnav
Gupta, Divith Rajashekhar Gunari, Saatvik Veeramaneni, and myself,
with my dad, Dinakar Veeramaneni, and adult leader Madhur Gupta
present, we began the project by first trimming areas that were
really worse for wear, widening up the trail in order to reduce
potential accidents from snagging branches and roots. In total over
8 50 gallon tubs of material was taken away from the site in order
to be turned into mulch. This workday lasted 3.5 hours, from 9:30 AM
to around 1 P.M..
On the second day, along with Amaan Mohammed, Rehan Mohammed, Pranav
Kocharlakota, and myself, with my dad, Dinakar Veeramaneni, and my
Pranav's mom present, we began continued to trim out more areas,
especially focusing on windswept areas that held dead trees and
branches that were on the verge of falling down and potentially
injuring hikers, so that they can be extracted later with a
chainsaw. This workday lasted 3.5 hours, from 9:30 AM to around 1
P.M..
On the third and final day of the project, along with Amaan
Mohammed, Rehan Mohammed, Arit Prince, Saatvik Veeramaneni, along
with my dad and Arit's parents, several dead trees were chainsawed
and used along the whole trail to reduce erosion by preventing water
from freely flowing down the hill. Along the way, there was more
foliage to cut to access these decaying branches and trunks.
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