3rd Annual Bay Area BPL Hike

Thanks to everyone who have confirmed and paid. We are basically full up at this time. Guaranteed to be a weekend to remember.
We will be asking everyone to check in and get your site and raffle ticket. See everyone in a few weeks!

Who? All nice people who are interested in lightweight and ultralight backpacking.

What? The largest non-commercial lightweight and ultralight inclined backpackers get together anywhere.
Gear, gear and more gear. With a swap meet so you can get some gear.

When? Feb 25-27th 2011

Where? Henry Coe State Park Fri. night at the Coe Ranch campground by the visitor center spots 11, 13, 14…
Sat. Hike to Manzanita Point group camp spots 9, 10

Why?!? To promote fellowship and to meet other "light minded" people to forge hiking partner alliances.
OK. To get out of the house in the middle of winter to go camping with a great bunch of people. And gear, beer.

We will have support vehicle capability to haul things to Manzanita Point.

Check the Wiki page for more information

http://wiki.backpackinglight.com/3rd_Annual_San_Francisco_Bay_Area_BPL_Gathering_and_Marketer_Free
_Outdoor_Gear_Show%2C_Plus_Swap_Meet

Ken is correct on the parking situation and carpooling. There are a limited amount of spaces for parking and we could try to carpool as much as possible that would be fantastic.

Now who is going to teach me how to pitch a perfect pitch on a tarp???? I mean, I know I am a UL boy, but I am new to tarps!

don t look at me my tarp looked like a flag in 30 mph winds the first time i pitched it lol

kevin

Kevin, I am getting ribbed for my backyard pitch….not going too well. This is my JMT shelter….I have to get better….and I will get better…I hope

I will help ya out Ken. I am bringing my BPL Stealth Nano(in my avatar) and TT Rainshadow 2. Easy set up for sure! It's even better to set it up with a cocktail.

ken your back yard pitch cannot possibly be worse than this lol

which tarp did you end up with??

kevin

Ken T, In my original post I put down, me +1 and payed for that, but it seams my +1 backed out, so that should leave room for 1 more person to join up if needed, and they can use my funds that I already sent. Thanks Jack

Thanks for the update Jack.

Looking forward to meeting so many of you I've gotten to know on here…

$2 sent earlier this week. :)

I'm coming from santa rosa, who wants to carpool?

Andrea and I are heading in from Palo Alto – we're located only 2 blocks from a Caltrain stop and there's plenty of parking around us, including a spot in our garage if we take our car. We have a Subie Outback 3L H6 with plenty of pull for the hills – there's comfortable room for 4 adults, plenty of room in the back for gear and if necessary we can take a Thule 17 cu. ft roof top carrier. Please PM if interested.

What you guys might want to do is to organize a carpool point at the bottom of the road to Henry Coe (East Dunne at 101). That would be the McDonalds parking lot.

The Henry Coe park staff will be quite surprised to see a string of cars with eight or more bodies hanging out of each one.

–B.G.–

http://www.weather.com/outlook/recreation/outdoors/monthly/5904:19

according to wether.com there is a 60%chance of rain in henry coe the week before the trip hope it clears for the following week if not i guess ill be mixing my crown royal with water lol

kevin

ahhhhhhh rain shmain….each year we have had the threat. We're bring a big tarp and some other goodies that will help

The purest rainwater mixes well with ethyl alcohol.

–B.G.–

Kevin. You realize that since you brought it up if it does rain everyone will blame you. I'll make sure they all know it's your fault! I'll see you in a few weeks.

You know the term "shoot the messenger" has to have some historical basis…however in many cultures the person who could bring rain was revered.

Yes. When rain was wanted.

Edit: I'd rather have snow. Now I've done it.

Last call for the haven't heard herd…

Sylvester Cullen
Stephan Doyle
Roger Alsborg
Greg Gessel
Morgan Sherman
Sean McIntyre-no PM
Mark Regalia
Frank Heide

If your name is here by mistake, let me know
If you name is here, let us know…

I have PM'd each of you.

ken t

be careful what you ask for lol now if it snows you will really never hear the end of it hehe

kevin

Hi Ken,
Count me in. I just sent you my camp fee for Saturday night. This should be a lot of fun!
Rick

Got you.

Morgan I PMd you but.. I am heading down from Humboldt. What day are you good to leave?

#1 Not to be Debby Downer here. The only wood for the wood buring stoves needs to be packed in. The fine is $250 for gathering wood. We might need this site again next year and I do not want to have issues.

Thoughts on that??

#2 Henry Coe is a tick mind field. Hopefully it is still too cold for those darn critters to cause problems. I just want others to be aware.

#3 We will be having a fire possibly in one or maybe two pits for warmth

Please keep in mind that we all need to be respectful and curtious while we are there. We might need this venue for next year. Speaking of next year, Ken T. and myself have a few tricks up our sleeves that might make the 2012 version make the last 3 pale in comparison.

That is all I am saying on this. More to come the weekend of the event. Thanks for all that have RSVP'd or have let Ken and I know that you will be not attending. For those that have not done so as of yet, please RSVP if you are on the ? list and if you have not paid as of today, pleae do. Ken and I spent $186 to insure this to happen. We just want to re-coupe our expenses. Thank You

Do we have a For Sale/Trade Wiki set up for this trip? If so, what's the link? I'm sure between all of us we have quite a bit to trade/sell.