Bag Night Challenge 2018

[Nick]

You’re killing it on bag nights this year, @IntrepidXJ. At this pace you’ll set a record (for BCP members who have normal day jobs)!

 

[IntrepidXJ]

You’re killing it on bag nights this year, @IntrepidXJ. At this pace you’ll set a record (for BCP members who have normal day jobs)!

I'm just hoping to get 60 this year...I'm sure others will pass me.

 

[Tipi Walter]

Slickrock Creek is no joke in the summer, I'm not sure I'm man enough to attempt it in March

The olde Nutbuster trail is tough any time of year but I'm happy to say this was my 44th Nut Hump of the beast---and all done with the Accoutrements of Idiocy---my pack and gear.

 

[wsp_scott]

The olde Nutbuster trail is tough any time of year but I'm happy to say this was my 44th Nut Hump of the beast---and all done with the Accoutrements of Idiocy---my pack and gear.

I was talking about all the fords of the creek, to add the Nutbuster is just crazy

 

[blueeyes]

Total 11 nights
Goal 45 nights

Vernal, Utah 4/27-4/29 off on another mountain bike adventure.

On my way to Vernal I stopped and rode Red Canyon Rim.

Rode in Vernal Saturday at McCoy Flats and Red Fleet.

Then headed home Sunday with a detour to Fantasy Canyon by Ouray Utah

and then to our property near Starvation Reservoir.

Moab, Utah 4/20-4/22
West Desert, Utah 3/31
Fruita, Colorado 3/17-3/22





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[Nick]

Total: 16 Nights

Feb 1 | Bears Ears | 3 Nights
Mar 16 | San Rafael Swell | 1 Night
Mar 30 | Toroweap | 2 Nights
April 13 | Escalante Backpacking | 3 Nights
April 20 | Rafting Ruby Horsethief | 3 Nights
April 25 | Gates of Lodore | 4 Nights

Gates of Lodore was AMAZING!!!

 

[LarryBoy]

You’re killing it on bag nights this year, @IntrepidXJ. At this pace you’ll set a record (for BCP members who have normal day jobs)!

So uh... are there prizes for winning the challenge this year?

 

[IntrepidXJ]

So uh... are there prizes for winning the challenge this year?

Only for those who didn't quit their day job!

 

[Nick]

Only for those who didn't quit their day job!

Ha! This! ^

But seriously, we will officially be providing a prize for each this year, and maybe from now on. One prize for regular day job adventurers and one for non-traditional semi-full-time adventurers like @Tipi Walter and @LarryBoy. But you have to post some progress with a photo or two at least a few times throughout the year. Don't just walk in and drop a bomb on us on December 31! Nice rules, eh?

 

[George_Washington_Hayduke]

Total: 14 nights
We saw 3 rattlesnakes in alcatraz!

1/2 - 1/4 North Wash - 2 nights
1/9 - 1/11 North Wash - 2 nights
3/2 - 3/10 Escalante/Lake Powell - 8 nights with @Adventure monkey
4/27 - 4/29 Robbers Roost - 2 nights

Alcatraz (Twin Corral Box Canyon)

Not Mindbender Canyon

 

[blueeyes]

Ha! This! ^

But seriously, we will officially be providing a prize for each this year, and maybe from now on. One prize for regular day job adventurers and one for non-traditional semi-full-time adventurers like @Tipi Walter and @LarryBoy. But you have to post some progress with a photo or two at least a few times throughout the year. Don't just walk in and drop a bomb on us on December 31! Nice rules, eh?

There should be a minimum of a monthly update.

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[Yvonne]

There should be a minimum of a monthly update.

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I start playing next year, but we should also have something like this for the miles hiked
Like a hiking challenge

 

[Artemus]

We saw 3 rattlesnakes in alcatraz!

Ha! Reminds me of almost stepping on a midget faded rattlesnake on the first step down into a pothole to start Neon canyon's descent. We stopped before scrunching it and went and found a bypass and returned with a stick to give it a ladder out.

Fantastic pics, BTW!

 

[Artemus]

But seriously, we will officially be providing a prize for each this year, and maybe from now on

Prizes ?!?! Whaaaat? Ok, now you've got my attention. You never took my plea seriously before

I am going to try harder now. But I would like the regular day job category to exclude @Nick because he tries even harder and @IntrepidXJ because he seems to be trying harder than he has ever before and because I have never managed to win this thing before. How's those rules?

 

[Yvonne]

Prizes ?!?! Whaaaat? Ok, now you've got my attention. You never took my plea seriously before

I am going to try harder now. But I would like the regular day job category to exclude @Nick because he tries harder and @IntrepidXJ because he seems to be trying harder than he has ever before and because I have never managed to win this thing before. How's those rules?

I won it a few years ago and there were no prizes, boo

 

[Artemus]

2018 - 8 Nights

2 - Walked my loop from Squaw Flat in the Needles District CNP 2/2
1 - Uintas MLH 4/1
2 - Silver Reef in Dixie 4/6
3 - Escalante backpacking with @Nick, @neiloro and @Jen 4/19

Ride (the cantilevered, suspended, flotsam big stick) 'em, Cowboy!

 

[3d3vart]

I love the bag night challenge. I've been counting bag nights for years, mainly cause I'm a list kinda guy, but also as a motivator/challenge. Since I had a kid in 2014, I made more of an effort to keep track of my nights and make sure they were going up, not down, and that my kid was getting bag nights of her own. And I've been doing just that: In 2015 I had 47 bag nights (respectable for a new dad, huh?), 2016 I got to 57, last year bumped it up by one to 58 (hey, it's about improvement no matter how small!).

This year, who knows, but I'm ahead of schedule with 20 as of May 1st, including bag nights in six western states already (UT, CO, AZ, NV, CA and NM).

2018 Bag Nights

March: 14 nights

• Moab - Kane Creek area (4 nights)
• Virgin River Gorge, AZ (3 nights)
• Mojave Desert near Searchlight NV (1 night)
• Mojave Desert near Castle Peaks Nat'l Monument (1 night)
• Cedar Mesa, UT (1 night)
• Boulder UT (2 nights)
• Ruby Horsethief Canyons, CO (2 nights)

April: 6 nights

• Highline State Park, CO (2 nights)
• Lower Dolores River, CO (1 night)
• Upper Dolores River, CO (1 night)
• Butler Wash, UT (1 night)
• Chama River, NM (1 night)

 

[Scott Chandler]

Leaping!

Total: 5

3/17- Dead Horse Point State Park
4/9- Comb Ridge
4/29-5/2- Coyote Gulch & Deer Creek CG

 

[LarryBoy]

Ha! This! ^

But seriously, we will officially be providing a prize for each this year, and maybe from now on. One prize for regular day job adventurers and one for non-traditional semi-full-time adventurers like @Tipi Walter and @LarryBoy. But you have to post some progress with a photo or two at least a few times throughout the year. Don't just walk in and drop a bomb on us on December 31! Nice rules, eh?

Ha! I'm actually currently camped in a super sick spot overlooking a canyon system in northern NM. cell service is too crappy to upload a photo; will do later if I remember. Best site this year by far.

Currently at 52 on the year I believe. 4 in January and all but 7 of the last 55 days.

 

[John Morrow]

2018
27 NIGHTS

Nights of:

March 27: Bruneau Dunes State Park

Pic from May 2016


March 28, 29, 30: Capitol Reef West Entrance dispersed campsites



April 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6: Fruita Campground Capitol Reef National Park



April 7, 8: Up the Creek Campground, Moab



April 9: Needles Outpost




April 10, 11, 12, 13, 14: Canyonlands National Park Needles District, Backpack




April 15, 16: Up the Creek Campground, Moab



April 17, 18, 19, 20: Natural Bridges National Monument Campground




April 21: GSENM Burr Trail dispersed camping (Steep Creek/The Gulch overlook)
April 22, 23, 24: Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Backpack, Little Death Hollow/The V/Gulch/Horse/Wolverine