A Table in the Wilderness

This is the table that existed at the Melville Nauheim shelter on the Long Trail for many many years. The entire top portion had seen many days of use by thousands of AT and LT hikers.
The Bennington Section of the Green Mountain Club had an idea:
​Why don't we salvage what is possible and restore this table to usefulness?

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Enjoy the pictures in this gallery; they tell the story of hope and restoration better than words

How did the new boards get to the shelter? It is about an hour hike to the shelter along the '20' bars route. We made 4 trips total during the project: reconnaissance, demolition, substructure rebuild, final table top. At each return trip we carried out the older rotten wood. Our team worked the miracle restoration.
Many thanks to Tim, Ken, (Freya the dog), Martha, Hubey, Kathy, Robin, Barb, Ann and Billy 

Watch the following video to see how we carried the heavy wood to the shelter. Each 2x4 weighed 20 pounds; 2x6 (24); 2x8 (30)
​Pressure treated wood is HEAVY
We used some short pieces of tubing to hold with some shoe laces attached around the boards. This really made a good solution to our one hour hike, up hill, for an hour carrying the heavy weight of each board.

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