Uplifting Experience
Timber and teamwork join forces as the new Class of 1966 Bunkhouse takes shape on Mount Moosilauke.
“This is the epitome of hands-on learning,” says Daniel Jackson ’17, one of 40 students, alumni and instructors—all at different ages and stages of life—who gathered at Mount Moosilauke for a few days in September 2015. Seven were members of the class of 1966. Their task: to cut the connecting joints in more than 100 timbers, then assemble them into the frame for the new Class of 1966 Bunkhouse.
Photos by Joe Sack ’68
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Josh Jackson, lead instructor, directs the team in raising the bent.
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Instructor Shannon McIntyre drives home a peg.
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Three of the four bents are erected and in place.
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Gerben Scherpbier ’13 swings “the Commander” sledge to precisely seat the bent.
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Matt Stuart inspects the erected bent.
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With three of the four bents raised under a rain-and-sun tarp, the structural framework takes shape. The fourth bent lies on the deck, ready to rise.
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Volunteers hold the bent plumb as temporary braces are placed to hold the fourth bent.
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Dana Wieland ’17 prepares to rig a timber brace prior to setting a top-of-wall plate timber.
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Caroline Pott ’02 takes a moment to admire the team’s work.
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David Goodwin ’74 (at left) and the team raise and set a wall plate.
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Callen Votzke ’13 (top left), Matt Stuart, Kodiak Burke ’11 (top right) and David Kotz ’86 (bottom right) raise a brace.
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Al Rollins ’57 prepares to receive the wall plate.
