Last Saturday 70 volunteers wielded shovels, drills and rakes, channeling their inner carpenter, stonemason or horticulturist at the 4th annual AAC stewardship event at Indian Creek. The most incredible effort came from my wife Angela who hand formed 54 bison burgers loaded with chopped garlic, spent 2 and1/2 hours making homemade potato salad, drove to Olathe to purchase the last of their famous corn AND helped design the configuration of the new group site in Creek Pasture in addition to being the events, on the site, number one cheerleader.
The weather on Friday was frightful but a rainbow that evening was a harbinger of better days to come.
We met with Bob Lever and the rest of the BLM staff at 8:30 am to get our marching orders.
Our own Fritz came all the way from Idaho to help. He's the one sporting a safari hat with his back towards the camera. Heidi didn't want all of the single women on ST to get a clear look.
Tom Bowker, above photo, came all the way from Maine to get schooled in crack climbing (he did great) and lend a hand building new tent platforms at Hamburger Rock.
There were four projects: Hamburger Rock, creating a group site at Creek Pasture, building rock steps up to 4by4 Wall, and creating new sites at Super Bowl.
The rain the night before softened the soil and made the moving dirt at Creek Pasture a lot easier.
Rocks needed moving to.
Channeling the "inner carpenter" refurbishing picnic tables and building fences.
A sculpturess at work.
The work day is ending and the troops are regathering for the bison burger barbecue.
Everyone seemed stoked with their accomplishments and brought big appetites to the barbeque.

The burgers were cooked by Tim Eihausen, Ouray's best chef.
A variety of adult beverages were consumed around the campfire which was kept burning until 3:00 am by students from Western State University in Gunnison- youth will be served.
As promised, I conducted a crack climbing clinic the next day at Super Crack Buttress.
Tom Bowker on Gorilla Crack.
Think Pink, one of my favorites on Battle of the Bulge.

The event was sponsored by the West Slope Section of the American Alpine Club with great support from the Access Fund, the Rocky Mountain Field Institute and, most importantly, the 70 hard working and hard playing people who came.