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Stairs from Inactive Hayward
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For my Eagle Scout project, I lead
my troop in building a staircase made of railroad ties into the
hillside from the inactive Hayward Fault down to the trail to
Tyson Lagoon. The new staircase replaced an old stump staircase
that was falling apart and was unsafe to use. On the first day,
we cleared the hillside of vegetation and debris, measured out
the spacing for the new steps, dug out the shelves for each step
and started laying down the railroad ties. We also removed the
older, rotted stumps in the adjacent area. On the second day of
the project, we were able to finish laying down the full set of
new stairs. We also filled in the holes left by the removal of
the old stump staircase nearby, we leveled and smoothed out the
trail below, and we cleared some debris that was blocking the
path at the bottom of the stairs.
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| The old stump staircase was falling apart | The area we needed to clear for the new stairs |
Thanks to all the scouts who helped to
make my Eagle Scout project a success: Vishal Venkataraman, Scott
Suplick, Doug Fry, Suhas Bathini, Rushil Shah, Prajwal Goudar, Ansh
Luthra, Ananth Junutula, Arnav Rao, Jean-Luc Herrera, Aarnav
Sanghvi, Erik Rygh, Akshat Telkar, and Bhoomika Eraiah. Your hard
work, energy, and suggestions were great. I couldn't have done it
without you! Also, thanks to the adult leaders Allan Avila, Shona
Fry, Sidda Eraiah, Paula Rygh, Mark Rygh, and Geoffry Brown for your
advice and guidance throughout my project. I really appreciated your
time and input. I would also
like to thank Dr. Blueford and Art Williams for making this
opportunity available and for supporting my project efforts from
start to finish. This was a challenging project and wonderful
experience that I will never forget.
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| We dug shelves and packed the dirt tight for each step |
We pried the old stumps out and
filled the holes |
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| We made sure each step was level and the right size | Finished product: old stump staircase removed (left) and replaced by new staircase to Tyson Lagoon (right) |