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Liz and I want to give heartfelt thanks to Mark Ryan, Amy Moore, Skip Wolfe, and Jenny Wagner for their enormous volunteer efforts during the past few weeks on helping to develop climbing routes and build trails. This past weekend, Mark, Amy, and Skip worked on the trail up to the Great Wall. Up until now, anyone going up the approach trail to this wall has had to slog through the Great Eastern Kentucky Swamp. This trio built and installed a first class board walk from the creek to the base of the slope and then built an entirely new section of trail on the side of the slope high above the swamp, linking up with the switchback trail up to the wall.

All of us who can now approach the Great Wall with dry feet owe a big thanks to Mark, Amy and Skip!

And, if that wasn't enough, Sunday, this team built a whole new section of trail between the Great Wall and the Boltergeist area that bypasses the down-climb section via a knotted rope, which was awkward if one were hiking with small children or dogs.

Great job! We love y'all.

Rick and Liz Weber

Thanks guys! Y'all are awesome!

Oh man, that's AWESOME! We were out there a few weekends ago and I think I lost a shoe in the swamp!

Kick ass job, guys!

I was psyched when I went to the Solarium and looked over to see that. That whole trail up to the Great Wall is fun.

That doesn't suck! Thanks so much!

That rocks! No more bushwacking over to the creek to wash my feet off. But then I don't get to watch Melathon fall in after she was so careful to climb down.

Thanks for all the hard work done on the trails.

Busty and I were the last two people to use the rope section before they blocked it off and diverted people onto the new trail section.

Thank you three for all your hard work, and thanks weber for letting them build that awesome structure.

I hate going outdoors and getting my shoes all dirty.

great job! it is amazing how much time and love you guys have put into the muir area. you're the reason why muir valley is such a great climbing destination in itself. keep up the good work. maybe i'll see you two (mark and jenny) at eden park soon. later on, nick.

Thanks for the new approach! We were walking back from the Great Wall and thought we had taken a wrong turn. There was a whole new trail and nice board walks for crossing the muddy sections.