One of the coolest and most exciting projects I ever participated in was helping to build this trail shelter (Eagle's Nest Shelter, on the Blue Mountain straddling Berks and Schyulkill counties, Pennsylvania.) In this photo (see credits below) I've circled the house we were living in at the time in Bernville. The National Guard based at Fort Indiantown Gap, used this task for practice, using their skycrane to ever-so-gently whisk our precious Swedish-styled scribed construction up to the top of the mountain in the blink of an eye. The Blue Mountain Eagle Climbing Club (based in Reading) led by David Crosby constructed it at Rentschler's Arboretum in Bernville. Cindy Ross and her husband Todd Glatfelter showed us the scribing method, a secure method of sculpting out the logs to hug each other.This photo was taken by Chris Johns, for National Geographic, page 99 in Mountain Adventure: Exploring the Appalachain Trail
c. 1988 by Ron Fisher, photos by Sam Abell illustrations by Alan Singer
Special Publications Division National Geographic Society, Washington D.C.
ISBN 0-87044-668-1
Special Publications Division National Geographic Society, Washington D.C.
ISBN 0-87044-668-1
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