Former smokejumpers Doug Wamsley, left, and Richard Trinity

use pulaskis, a general tool of firefighters, to shore up a trail across a hillside of shale rock. Wamsley is a retired prosecuting attorney from Denver and Trinity a surgeon in Red Oak, Iowa. Both are returning veterans of the National Smokejumper Association Trail Maintenance Program, in its 10th year.
Photo by KURT WILSON/MIssoulian