Well, we had six Land Rovers and two Jeeps show up. The trail we took off of the Jordan Creek road turned into a work party pretty quick -- an unbelievable number of trees down in the western Tillamook forest.

We made about a half a mile in 2 hours. Then, we got a lesson in chainsaw safety. One of the PCRC guys (I apologize for not recalling his name, he drives a white D90) was cutting a smallish tree that was across the road, resting on both banks at about 6 feet above the road. It had two main branches, both about 5 inches in diameter. He was standing well back from the tree, and had clear ground to jump away if needed. The first branch sprang upwards after cutting, which made it seem likely the second would as well. That was a bad assumption -- the second branch snapped directly at the saw operator, hitting him in the face.

Fortunately, it missed his nose and his eyes. He ended up with a pretty serious cut running up the bridge of his nose and most of the way across above his left eye brow, easily a couple of inches total. Like most head wounds, it bled profusely. We had three first aid kits out in record time, and the good fortune that one of our group was a doctor, so he got him bandaged and assessed for shock and concussion. The guy's son was with him, and so he drove his dad to Tillamook to the hospital. Doug followed them down. We looked over the tree after they left, and there was no indication we could see that would have suggested he was on the wrong side of the tree -- be careful out there, doubly so if you are alone.

The rest of us decided to forgo any more trail clearing and headed up Jordan Creek road to try another route. We ended up running up Jordan Creek road until we hit more downed trees, but the only chainsaw we had was out of gas, so we backtracked. Part of the group headed home, and the last three of us headed up Archer road. We had to move a lot of branches, and winch one tree off the road, but we made it almost to Archer Pond before the snow got too deep and we had to turn back.

I took a quick run into Rogers Camp, about a mile and half, on the way home. The snow got deep quick, so I turned around before I had to start solo recovery practice...

Update from Doug -- 11 stitches, I would have guessed more!  And we did record our time for the work done.

"Many thanks to all who made this New Years Day Run. It turned into one of the wettest ever for the amount of rain we endured. The snow was plenty deep in the Browns Camp area, and from what I heard later, nothing but a mess with all the stuck 4-wheelers in the area.But, down on Rogers Rd. The depth was quite manageable up to where we quit for the day. The TSF was right, there are hundreds of downed trees all over. We must have moved a few dozen at least before calling it close to noon, being wet and wore out. Not to mention the casualty of the day, Steve ?????,(I'll spare him for now), who was layed out when a alder he was cutting stapped back and struck him. It sure lets you know why logging is the most dagerous profession. He looked pretty sad on site, but after being cleaned up and 11 stitches(and the moss removed from his head), he looked much better and is home fine with just a head ach and lacing over the left eye brow.
   It did bring to mind, not only the dangers of off-roading work, but the importance of knowing what's in the first aid kit and where various items are at in the darn kit. I'm reminding myself to not only carry one(which I had out immediately), but where everthing is in it.
 
Tks to the 5 Rovers and 2 Jeeps for the hard work and a good start to the New Year
 
Doug"