{"id":2843,"date":"2012-06-14T05:37:56","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T11:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/?p=2843"},"modified":"2012-06-13T21:57:02","modified_gmt":"2012-06-14T03:57:02","slug":"trail-maintenance-101-trailblazer-sawvivor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/trail-maintenance-101-trailblazer-sawvivor\/","title":{"rendered":"Trail Maintenance 101: Trailblazer Sawvivor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A wise man once said, &#8220;Trails don&#8217;t build themselves&#8221;.  Partially true, perhaps, since many of our finest trails were built by cows and wildlife.  But the corollary could just as easily be, &#8220;Trails don&#8217;t fix themselves&#8221;, and that would be undeniably true.  Thankfully many popular mountain bike areas have well-established organizations responsible for trail building and upkeep.  But if your area doesn&#8217;t have an organization, or the trails you ride don&#8217;t see many other riders, or your schedule simply doesn&#8217;t line up with trail work days, don&#8217;t despair.  You too can do something simple to keep you trails in tip top shape.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2324.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve owned a Sawvivor, pictured above, for many years.  At about a half pound, I barely notice that I&#8217;m carrying the saw in my camelbak.  Granted, I don&#8217;t take it every day, but when I have a feeling I might run into some downed trees I toss it in my pack.  The blade is stored inside the handle, and once it&#8217;s assembled it looks like this:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2325.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a pretty amazing little saw.  I came across this Aspen tree on the Upper Upper loop last weekend, which was poised to take someone&#8217;s head off.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2329.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I timed myself and it took exactly 5 minutes to unpack the saw, cut the tree in two places, and then repack the saw.  Better, don&#8217;t you think?:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/2330.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So, there you have it- one of those little things you can easily do to help out your local trails, wherever they may be.  Pick one up today, and enjoy the feeling of being a good trail steward.  <\/p>\n<p>____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.avantlink.com\/product_ad_widget\/paw.php?pawid=51449&amp;pw=29053&amp;output=js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A wise man once said, &#8220;Trails don&#8217;t build themselves&#8221;. Partially true, perhaps, since many of our finest trails were built<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking","category-gear"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2843"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2845,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2843\/revisions\/2845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}