Bag Night Challenge 2014

[Ben]

that sounds like the best rule

 

[Bob]

Man I can't type that much. How about at least a pic or two. I am already behind reading by 65 according to the counter.

 

[Nick]

Don't let the long-winded amongst us fool you into thinking you need to write a novel. I mostly just love to see some photos!

 

[Ben]

i have actually appreciated the bag night challenge just to know where every one's gone, and thus where they know about.

 

[steve]

I've got a few more to add to my total

 

[steve]

2014 total: 55

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 with Tess
1 night - Oct 17 @ AF Canyon with Tess
1 night - Oct 31 @ Smith Mesa with Tess and @Miss Buffalo
1 night - Nov 8 @ moab with Tess
1 night - Nov 15 @ Gooseberry Mesa with Tess
1 night - Nov 22 @ Reds Canyon with Tess
2 nights - Nov 27-29 @ Martin's Cove with with Tess[/QUOTE]

 

[Artemus]

OK, here is my total. I missed my annual goal of 40 due to my surgery and a sick doggie. That's OK. Goal's are hard to achieve. I am astounded by all the 50+ BCPosters this year. Good on ya boys and girls!

36 nights in 2014

- 3 Anza Borrego, southern CA
- 2 Needles District, Canyonlands
- 4 Below the north rim, Kanab Creek Wilderness/GCNP
- 1 San Rafael wilderness survey
- 2 Long Canyon
- 4 Absarokas and Crazy Mountians, MT
- 2 Paintbrush Divide, Tetons
- 3 Wind Rivers, climbed Warrior II
- 3 The Maze, Canyonlands
- 2 West Rim Trail, Zion
- 2 Bear Creek and PIA Gulch, Lost Rivers Mountains, ID
- 2 10K' in the Uintas near Bald Mtn Pass
- 3 Boulder Mail Trail
- 3 White Canyon in GCNRA

Snowstorm in the Black Hole of White Canyon on Xmas Eve



My annual totals:
Green means Great.
Yellow means Not So Great.

2014: 36
2013: 45
2012: 45
2011: 36
2010: 47
2009: 24
2008: 41
2007: 40
2006: 54 !!
2005: 38
2004: 24
2003: 26
2002: 39

 

[toejam]

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
11/14-11/15 - Mission Pine Ridge trailwork
12/21 - Lost Valley trailwork

Looks like 30 - barely respectable

 

[piper01]

I had 10 nights this year:

8 nights: 10/16-10/23 Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (I'm following the new "rule" and posting TRs!)
2 nights: 11/14-11/16 Colorado Bend State Park, TX

 

[steve]

I'm still 10 videos behind on my TRs for 2014.

 

[Opi]

2 nights South Kettle Moraine State Forrest WI
2 nights Caulk Hills Flowage MI
2 nights Ice Age Trail Ed's Lake area Chequamegon NF WI
3 nights Boot Lake campground Nicolet NF WI
5 nights near Mt Elbert CO
1 night Colorado National Monument
1 night Black Canyon of Gunnison north side CO
1 night Fanny Lake Nicolet NF WI
3 nights White Deer/Luna lake campground Nicolet NF WI
3 nights North Country Trail Craig Lake State park/McCormick Wilderness MI
2 nights NCT Merango River/Porcupine Lakes Wilderness WI

Total 25 nights best year yet!
And because you all like photos....
Coming down Mt Massive


From the top of Mt Elbert

 

[Bob Wire]

New rule: trip reports or they don't count.

Thats a good rule. I was really lazy and didn't post much so the addition to the community was minimal. Sorry, Ill do better next year

 

[Nick]

Ahh, no worries. I was just joking in hopes to see a few! Maybe this year we'll have a Bag Night Challenge and a Trip Report Challenge...

 

[Nick]

Updated totals. Time to start the 2015 thread. Congrats @Bob Wire! That is pretty awesome how many people are in the 50's.

@Bob Wire 70
@DAA 65
@Bob 57
@steve 55
@IntrepidXJ 50
@Miss Buffalo 50
@slc_dan 50
@Scott Chandler 49
@Tess 41
@ben cowan 38
@pixie1339 38
@langutah 36
@uintahiker 36
@Nick 35
@toejam 30
@JoanieBelle 27
@NateGeesaman 27
@pstm13 26
@Mike K 25
@Opi 25
@HomerJ 12
@Michael 19
@Parma 15
@Yellowstone 1 14
@Eugene 13
@andyjaggy 13
@xjblue 11
@blueeyes 10
@piper01 10
@wes242 9
@Cool Danish 7
@Nanda 6
@Udink 6

Previous BCP Bag Night Challenge top 3:

2013 Bag Night Challenge
#1 @Miss Buffalo 55 Nights
#2 @DAA 54 Nights
#3 @Nick 50 Nights

2012 Bag Night Challenge
#1 @DAA 59 Nights
#2 @Nick 54 Nights
#3 @langutah 45 Nights

2015 thread:
http://backcountrypost.com/threads/bag-night-challenge-2015.4035/

 

[Artemus]

Updated totals. Time to start the 2015 thread. Congrats @Bob Wire! That is pretty awesome how many people are in the 50's.

@Bob Wire 70
@DAA 65
@Bob 57
...
@Udink 6

@Udink! Maybe we should hand out prizes to the most nights on the ground and the most potential for improvement Just teasing Dennis.....

 

[Nick]

@Udink! Maybe we should hand out prizes to the most nights on the ground and the most potential for improvement Just teasing Dennis.....

If I remember right, he isn't considering a night in the back of his jeep a bag night. Flawed numbers!

 

[Bob]

Man ........ you mean I coulda counted all those nites the roof on my house had holes in it

 

[DAA]

My new years resolution it not to keep track of bag nights anymore.

- DAA

 

[Devo]

@Udink! Maybe we should hand out prizes to the most nights on the ground and the most potential for improvement Just teasing Dennis.....

Here I will make him feel better:

1 night at a frozen Wall Lake in June
1 night at Yello Pine Campground (Uintas) with the fam
1 night Dead Horse lake in July
1 night Kermsuh lake in Aug
1 night White Pine Lake (Wasatch) in October

For 5 whopping nights! Hoping that at least doubles this year. 3 little ones are getting older, that will make it easier.

 

[Chuck the Mauler]

Not that he's counting, but I'm pretty sure Joey had more than 70 nights before June. I ended up around my usual average at 31. I just suck at trip reports.