MAITAIN INFRASTRUCTURE:
This week we were clearing and cleaning the bicycle trails. They will be used in the mountain biking weekend/competition this coming Saturday. We had a lot of maintenance work to do on the trails. A lot of hard work was required to finish these trails in time, it also require some planning.
We had to make sure that:
- That there are no branches hanging in the road.
- There are no branches sticking out from the sides.
- That the grass was cut around the corners.
- Big trees were cut of, that was hanging in the road.
- That the old stumps were removed
- That all the Aardvark holes were closed up.
- That the thick sand around the corners were removed.
- That there are no thorns in the road.
- That there are no roots sticking out of the ground.
- That the big rocks are removed, that can cause injuries.
- We had to map out the new route. It stretched just above or just below the rocky ridge that runs between the koppies, more vegetation on the ridge.
- We also did a log on the GP'S coordinates so that we can find the route again later.
- Walk the new route to familiarize ourselves with it, and we marked some trees with danger tape. This was to remember were the route goes trough.
- We were going along the route, clearing, chopping, brush cutting and cleaning as we go along.
- Rakes - To remove thorns and leaves
- Panga's - Top chop away the branches
- Axes - To chop big branches, trees, as well as the stumps of previously chopped down trees
- Shovels - To fill ruts and holes
- Brush cutters - To cut grasses and shrubs.
- Goggles - Protect our eyes
- Gloves - to protect our hands, mostly from thorns
- Long pants
- and Safety boots.
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