Bag Night Challenge 2014

[Scott Chandler]

Total: 43

March 6-8: 2 Nights at Big Bend by Moab.
March 21: 1 Night above the Irish Canyons of North Wash.
March 28: 1 Night north of Goblin Valley near the San Rafael Reef
March 29: 1 Night in the San Rafael Desert
April 11-12: 2 Nights nearly Straight Wash on the San Rafael Reef
April 19: 1 Night at Blarney Canyon in the North Wash
April 20: 1 Night at Angel Cove
April 21: 1 Night outside Castle Dale
April 22: 1 Night at The Wedge Overlook
May 13: 1 Night at the Green Valley Gap, St G
May 27th: 1 Night in Mosier Gulch outside Buffalo WY
June 9th: 1 Night Medicine Lodge State Park WY
June 29th: 1 Night at Lake Solitude, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
July 4-7: 3 Nights at Trail Park, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
July 8: 1 Night at Oliver Creek, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
July 16: 1 Night at Lake Helen, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
July: 19-21: 2 Nights at Lake Helen, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
July 25-26: 2 Nights at Crystal Lake, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
July 27: 1 Night at Emerald Lake, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
Aug 3-4: 2 Nights at Trail Park, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
Aug 8-9: 2 Nights at Upper Kintla Lake, Glacier National Park MT
Aug 13: 1 Night by Lost Twin Lakes, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
Aug 15-18: 3 Nights at Lake Helen, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
Aug 22-24: 2 Nights in Highland Park, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
Aug 24: 1 Night at Shell Ranger Station, Bighorn Mountains WY
Aug 31: 1 Night at Trail Park, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
Sept 6-8: 2 Nights at Lake Helen, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
Oct 1-2: 1 Night at the Wedge Overlook

My summer employment is over and I'm back in Utah. I'm not sure how the bag night tally will progress but hopefully it doesn't stop.

 

[DAA]

Couple nights with the family on Antelope Island.

Total 58 nights.

Owyhee Desert, Jan. - 2 nights
San Rafael Desert, Feb. - 2 nights
Henry Mtns/Capitol Reef, Mar. - 4 nights
Maze/Poison Spr., Mar. - 4 nights
The Swell, Mar. - 2 nights
Polly Mesa, Apr. - 3 nights
Antelope Island, Apr. - 2 nights
Salt Creek, May - 4 nights
West Desert, May - 2 nights
Clover Mtns Nevada, May - 1 night
Deep Creek Mtns, June - 3 nights
YNP, June - 6 nights
Beaver Dam Nevada, July - 1 night
Tushar Mtns, July - 2 nights
Henry Mtns, Aug - 3 nights
Rubicon Trail/Bodie-Mono Lake/Yosemite/Ancient Bristlecone, Aug - 6 nights
Uintas, Aug - 3 nights
West Desert, Sep - 3 nights
Wah Wah's/Escalante Desert, Sep - 3 nights
Antelope Island, Oct. - 2 nights

Had four more nights planned for the next two weekends. But, am in the throes of some serious pinched nerve in the back agony. Doc says I have another two or three weeks of joy to endure before it will likely subside. Driving and walking are two of the normal activities that crank the excruciating dial up to full blast - just driving home from Antelope Island today was about more than I can take. Probably going to have to sit around the house for awhile... Had been thinking I'd probably hit 70 nights this year, but now thinking no way.

- DAA

 

[pixie1339]

Had been thinking I'd probably hit 70 nights this year, but now thinking no way.

Sorry to hear about the back pain! I hope you feel better soon. You're still about 10 nights ahead of the people closest to you in the challenge though, so 70 nights or not, you'll probably be our champion.

 

[DAA]

Thanks for the 'get well'. Would not wish this on hardly anyone. This is what people that hurt kids should feel for the rest of their lives maybe, but short of that, can't really think of anyone else I'd put it on...

- DAA

 

[Artemus]

Thanks for the 'get well'. Would not wish this on hardly anyone. This is what people that hurt kids should feel for the rest of their lives maybe, but short of that, can't really think of anyone else I'd put it on...

- DAA

Dave, get well. You have miss to miss work? Crickey. Not making 70 is gonna hurt.

 

[DAA]

Art, I'm not planning on missing any work. There are some tasks I'll have to not do, but I'd rather be miserable there than miserable moping around the house every day. The drive there and back is mercifully short.

- DAA

 

[Nick]

Sorry to hear on your back, Dave. I've been going through some of the same lately. My sciatic nerve got pinched down pretty tight for a few days last week. I'm sure your doc has a plan, but for what it's worth, I found a youtube video with some stretches for lower back/sciatic problems that did wonders. It still hurts, but it helped a ton. Last week I could barely move and I hiked at least 6 or 8 miles this past weekend.

Speaking of which...

Total: 35 Nights

West Canyon is most definitely not overrated.

Jan 10 | Ticaboo Mesa | 1 Night
Jan 18-20 | Boulder Mail Trail | 2 Nights
Feb 21-23 | Lake Powell | 2 Nights
Mar 7-9 | Wingate Wandering | 2 Nights
Apr 6-9 | Cathedral in the Desert | 3 Nights
May 22-27 | Bowns Canyon/Lake Powell | 5 Nights
June 6-8 | Starvation Reservoir | 2 Nights
July 5-9 | Lake Powell | 4 Nights
August 20-24 | Lake Powell | 4 Nights
Sept 6-7 | Joan Lake, Uintas | 1 Night
Sept 12-13 | Pineview | 1 Night
Sept 18-22 | Glen Canyon - Face Canyon | 4 Nights
Oct 2-6 | West Canyon | 4 Nights

 

[toejam]

Let me give this a shot:

1/10, 1/11 - San Rafael Wilderness - Mission Pine - Santa Cruz
2/8 - Roque Canyon - Lazy Camp - Kerry Canyon
3/21, 3/22 - Upper Manzana Creek trailwork
4/25, 4/26 - Mt. Shasta Hotlum-Bolam Ridge
5/16, 5/17 - Crosscut saw training - Paradise Valley
6/13, 6/14 - Mt. Shasta Hotlum-Bolam Ridge
7/6-7/17 - Mt. Rainier - 9 nights in the bag
8/8-8/10 - Shepherds Pass - Upper Kern
9/19 - Pine Mountain - Reyes Peak
9/26-9/28 - Davy Brown trailwork - Mission Pine Spring

Looks like 27 - depressing

Why is it my wife thinks I'm gone every weekend?

 

[Bob]

DAA, quit that I'm trying to get ahead of you.

 

[Udink]

Spent the night outside of Moab with my kids last weekend.

Total: 3 nights
5/30 - Bourbon Lake, Uintas
9/5 - The Wedge, San Rafael Swell
10/4 - Moab, Behind the Rocks

 

[NateGeesaman]

27 nights. I have some work to do to hit 40 this year. Any of you lucky bastards in the 50's work at a company that is hiring?


Capitol Reef Jan 2014 - 1 night
Canyonlands Jan 2014 - 2 nights
Valley of Fire and Zion March 2014 - 2 nights
Kanab Creek Wilderness March 2014 - 4 nights
Grand Staircase April 2014 - 2 nights
Boulder April 2014 - 2 nights
Capitol Reef May 2014 - 2 nights
Stevnens Canyon June 2014 - 4 nights
Uintas June 2014 - 2 nights
Wind Rivers Aug 2014 - 4 nights
Uinta Mts Sept 2014 - 2 nights

camp night 2 by NateGeesaman, on Flickr

 

[Cool Danish]

Got 3 more nights in last weekend (sorry about the crappy cell phone pics).
1 night - April 28 @ White Pocket, Paria Plateau.
1 night - May 1 @ Panorama Point, Maze District.
1 night - May 2 @ Doll House #3, Maze District.
1 night - May 4 @ Devils Kitchen #4, Needles District.
2 nights - October 3 & 4 @ Tuweep, North Rim, Grand Canyon.
1 night - October 5 @ Paria Canyon overlook.

Tuweep Campsite:

Paria Canyon Campsite:


Total: 7 nights.

 

[pixie1339]

32 nights total

02/22-02/23: 1 night, Little Finland with @Miss Buffalo
03/21-03/23: 2 nights, Kodachrome Basin
04/19-04:20: 1 night, Island In The Sky
05/02-05/04: 2 nights, Smith Mesa and LaVerkin Creek with @sixstringsteve, @Tess, and @Laura
05/22-05/25: 3 nights, Grand Gulch with @Miss Buffalo
06/14-06/21: 7 nights Yosemite National Park
07/04-07-06: 2 nights Allsop Lake, Uintas
07/17-07/20: 3 nights Ice Lakes Basin, CO with @Miss Buffalo
07/26-07/27: 1 night Cutthroat Lake, Uintas
08/08-08/10: 2 nights, Naturalist Basin, Uintas 08/22-08/24: 2 nights, Mesa Verde National Park 09/13-09/14: 1 night, Ibantik Lake, Uintas
09/20-09/21: 1 night, Yuba Lake with @Wishcat
09/24-09/27: 3 nights, Maroon Bells, Prince Creek, Kebler Pass, CO
10/10-10/11: 1 night, Lake Blanche

 

[IntrepidXJ]

Would like to hit 50 this year...but we'll see...

Total: 44 Nights

January 31 - February 2 | Stateline | 2 Nights
March 14-16 | Johns Canyon & Butler Wash | 2 Nights
March 29-30 | The Wedge | 1 Night
April 18-19 | No Thoroughfare Canyon | 1 Night
April 30 - May 4 | Salt Creek Canyon | 4 Nights
May 11-14 | Montezuma Canyon & The San Juan River | 3 Nights
May 23-26 | High Spur, Millard Canyon & Maze Overlook | 3 Nights
June 7-8 | Black Canyon of the Gunnison | 1 Night
June 21-22 | Ouray Amphitheater | 1 Night
June 28-29 | Firehole Canyon | 1 Night
July 12-13 | South Fork Clear Creek | 1 Night
July 18-20 | South Fork Mineral Creek | 2 Nights
July 26-27 | Mineral Basin | 1 Night
July 29-30 | Kite Lake | 1 Night
August 2-3 | Blue Lakes | 1 Night
August 9-10 | Lead King Basin | 1 Night
August 16-17 | Lake Fork | 1 Night
August 22-26 | Devils Fire, Whitney Portal, Whitney Trail Camp, Amargosa Desert | 4 Nights
August 30 - September 1 | Wetterhorn Basin & Mineral Basin | 2 Nights
September 12-14 | The White Rim | 2 Nights
September 20-21 | Gray Copper Gulch | 1 Night
September 27-28 | Prince Creek | 1 Night
October 4-11 | The Gulch, Egypt (x2), Fortymile Ridge, Coyote Gulch, Harris Wash, Little Spencer Flat | 7 Nights

 

[Scott Chandler]

Another in the desert!

Total: 44

March 6-8: 2 Nights at Big Bend by Moab.
March 21: 1 Night above the Irish Canyons of North Wash.
March 28: 1 Night north of Goblin Valley near the San Rafael Reef
March 29: 1 Night in the San Rafael Desert
April 11-12: 2 Nights nearly Straight Wash on the San Rafael Reef
April 19: 1 Night at Blarney Canyon in the North Wash
April 20: 1 Night at Angel Cove
April 21: 1 Night outside Castle Dale
April 22: 1 Night at The Wedge Overlook
May 13: 1 Night at the Green Valley Gap, St G
May 27th: 1 Night in Mosier Gulch outside Buffalo WY
June 9th: 1 Night Medicine Lodge State Park WY
June 29th: 1 Night at Lake Solitude, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
July 4-7: 3 Nights at Trail Park, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
July 8: 1 Night at Oliver Creek, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
July 16: 1 Night at Lake Helen, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
July: 19-21: 2 Nights at Lake Helen, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
July 25-26: 2 Nights at Crystal Lake, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
July 27: 1 Night at Emerald Lake, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
Aug 3-4: 2 Nights at Trail Park, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
Aug 8-9: 2 Nights at Upper Kintla Lake, Glacier National Park MT
Aug 13: 1 Night by Lost Twin Lakes, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
Aug 15-18: 3 Nights at Lake Helen, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
Aug 22-24: 2 Nights in Highland Park, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
Aug 24: 1 Night at Shell Ranger Station, Bighorn Mountains WY
Aug 31: 1 Night at Trail Park, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
Sept 6-8: 2 Nights at Lake Helen, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
Oct 1-2: 1 Night at the Wedge Overlook
Oct 11-12: 1 Night, La Verkin Creek of Zion's Kolob

 

[uintahiker]

1/3-1/4 Prehistoric Trackways National Monument, New Mexico - 2 nights
2/7 Kartchner Caverns State Park, AZ - 1 night.
2/14-16 Tucson Mountain Park, AZ- 3 nights
3/14 Road Canyon, AZ - 1 night
3/21 Carr Canyon, AZ - 1 night
4/9-4/12 Prehistoric Trackways, NM (2) Guadalupe Mountains, TX (2) - 4 nights
5/2 Hot Well Dunes, AZ - 1 night
5/16- 5/24 Various locations in Northern Arizona- 9 nights
6/13- Reef Townsite, AZ - 1 night
7/11- San Pedro River, AZ - 1 night
8/22- Dragoon Mtns, AZ - 1 night
8/29-9/1 Chiricahua Mountains- 3 nights
9/26- Gila Box, AZ - 1 night
10/10-13- near Sedona, AZ, 3 nights

Total: 32 nights

I think it's safe to say I'm not going to take home top honors, but getting every month is still possible. And averaging over a month's worth of nights in a tent for 2014 isn't bad.

 

[IntrepidXJ]

I think it's safe to say I'm not going to take home top honors, but getting every month is still possible. And averaging over a month's worth of nights in a tent for 2014 isn't bad.

I'm hoping to camp every month this year, too. I can't recall ever camping in December before, so that should be a first for me.

 

[xjblue]

Jumping up from four nights to eleven with another good trip!
Total 11 nights;
4 nights | with @IntrepidXJ & @DAA | Salt Creek
7 nights | with @IntrepidXJ | "The Gulch, Egypt (x2), Fortymile Ridge, Coyote Gulch, Harris Wash, Little Spencer Flat"

 

[Udink]

Two more bag nights this weekend at Cottonwood Wash in the San Rafael Swell. This time I just threw my bag on the ground--no tent--for both nights despite coyotes howling and cougar and bear sign in the canyon.

Total: 5 nights
5/30 - Bourbon Lake, Uintas
9/5 - The Wedge, San Rafael Swell
10/4 - Moab, Behind the Rocks
10/10 & 10/11 - Cottonwood Wash, San Rafael Swell


View from my sleeping bag Saturday morning

'Round the camp fire

 

[steve]

Total: 48 nights

1 night - Jan 2 @ Diamond Fork Hot Springs with Tess
1 night - Jan 18 @ Vally of the Gods with Tess and Miss Buffalo
1 night - Feb 7 @ Boulter Peak (outside Eureka)
2 nights - Feb 13-14 @ Yant Flats with Miss Buffalo
1 night - March 7 @ The Wedge Overlook
4 nights - March 12-16 @ the Maze with Tess and Miss Buffalo
1 night - March 29 @ SRS Lone Warrior Campsite
1 night - April 2 @ backyard testing gear with Tess
1 night - April 5 @ Alpine with Tess
1 night - April 11 @ Torrey, UT
3 nights - April 16-19 @ Bluejohn Canyon with Tess, jentzschman , and Miss Buffalo
2 nights - May 2-3 @ Zion NP, Kolob with pixie1339, Tess, and Laura
3 nights - May 7-10 @ Labyrinth Canyon with Tess
1 night - May 23 @ AF Canyon with Tess
1 night - May 30 @ Secret Spot with Tess, taking my mom backpacking for the first time in her life. I think she's hooked.
1 night - June 2 @ Swell Float Trip with Miss Buffalo
2 nights - June 5-7 @ Great Basin NP with Miss Buffalo, Mike K, and Tess
3 nights - June 19-22 @ Coyote Gulch with Miss Buffalo, jentzschman and Tess
2 nights - June 29 - July 2 @ Wyoming with Tess
1 night - July 4 @ Alpine with Tess and family
1 night - July 18 @ Lake Hardy to South Thunder Peak with Tess, Mike K , WasatchWill and WillisBodillus
1 night - Aug 1st @ Whitney Reservoir, Uintas with @Eric O and Tess
1 night - Aug 15th @ Logger's Lake, Skyline Drive with Tess
3 nights - Aug 28-30 @ Bryce Canyon NP with Mike K and Tess
8 nights - Sept 5-13 @ Yosemite, CA Redwoods with Tess
1 night - Oct 10 @ Moab