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NorCal GGG XII

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  • Dec 3, 2019 at 7:44 pm #3621357
    Steve S.
    BPL Member

    @wildegeek

    I’m not organizing, but I thought I’d start a discussion anyway.

    Dec 3, 2019 at 7:46 pm #3621358
    Steve S.
    BPL Member

    @wildegeek

    If we want the event to be at one of the Manzanita Point campsites in Henry W. Coe State Park, it’s not too early to reserve a site.

    For the sake of discussion, I’ll propose March 13-15, 2020.

    Dec 4, 2019 at 5:50 am #3621446
    R
    Spectator

    @autox

    On the calendar!

    Dec 4, 2019 at 10:31 pm #3621550
    Ken Thompson
    BPL Member

    @here

    Locale: Right there

    Aren’t the ticks out in the long soaking wet grass in March?   That’s not a long weekend either.  Any reason why you picked those dates Steve?  Not giving you a hard time. Just curious.  Thanks

     

    Dec 5, 2019 at 12:01 am #3621561
    Steve S.
    BPL Member

    @wildegeek

    @here wrote:

    Any reason why you picked those dates Steve?

    Because it would be exactly one year after the last NorCal GGG?

    Dec 31, 2019 at 12:32 pm #3624993
    Steve S.
    BPL Member

    @wildegeek

    Turning up the volume!

    Who else might be interested in joining a mid-March GGG in the Bay Area this year?

    Like 2019, attractions will include the traditional wood stove burn off, alcohol burn offs for speed and efficiency, lightest complete cook kit (stove, pot, lid, windscreen, fuel container, source of ignition, and stuff sack/container), lightest saw capable of cutting through a douglas fir 2×2, fastest saw under 8 oz. to cut through dry douglas fir 2×2, lightest knife with at least a 1.5″ blade, the shelter tour and judging, and perhaps some even newer events still under development.

    We need about twelve participants to make it financially viable at requested donation of $15/person (total) for the two nights. If I can find at least one committed co-organizer to split the risk, I will reserve the site.

    Jan 1, 2020 at 1:21 pm #3625114
    David Thomas
    BPL Member

    @davidinkenai

    Locale: North Woods. Far North.

    Thanks for kicking off the discussion.  That might be a possibility for me, northernmost attendee at GGG X.  There’s a competition date TBA in March for a team I coach, I’ll know once that’s announced.

    Jan 3, 2020 at 8:03 am #3625337
    David Gardner
    BPL Member

    @gearmaker

    Locale: Northern California

    Steve, thanks for taking the initiative. I was thinking about organizing it again but 2019 kicked my butt. I’d be happy to split the reservation cost. PM me.

    The dates work for me. Or mid- to late February. Or whenever works!

    Ken, I didn’t see a single tick last year in March. Hopefully that will be true again.

     

    Jan 3, 2020 at 12:17 pm #3625371
    d k
    BPL Member

    @dkramalc

    I’m not sure, Manfred.  Possibly a day trip out, but I don’t know yet.

    Jan 3, 2020 at 3:50 pm #3625409
    d k
    BPL Member

    @dkramalc

    Ack.  Posted this in the wtrong thread, and can’t edit it now???

    Jan 9, 2020 at 1:15 am #3626209
    Richard Niemi
    BPL Member

    @rickniemi

    Locale: Santa Cruz Mountains

    I’m interested and so is Chris Smead.

    Jan 9, 2020 at 7:17 am #3626222
    Kattt
    BPL Member

    @kattt

    I won’t be able to make it as it is the weekend before finals. Looking forward to hearing about it though!

    Jan 9, 2020 at 10:49 am #3626257
    Steve S
    BPL Member

    @desertsteve

    Hey, I would be interested in coming back down from Idaho again!  But that is prime time hiking for Utah? I’ll stay in touch!

    Jan 19, 2020 at 10:51 pm #3627981
    Doug Coe
    BPL Member

    @sierradoug

    Locale: Bay Area, CA, USA

    I’d definitely go. Thanks for starting this up! March works for me.

    Jul 17, 2020 at 11:40 pm #3665041
    David Gardner
    BPL Member

    @gearmaker

    Locale: Northern California

    Hey everybody,

    Who knows where we’ll be with the virus in three months, but in the spirit of cautious optimism can I get a show of hands for rescheduling GGGXII to October 14-16, 2020?

    Jul 18, 2020 at 12:01 am #3665042
    R
    Spectator

    @autox

    I’m not comfortable committing to something that soon.

    I’ve been wondering if it would make any sense to attempt any of the various contests proposed in digital format.  Show and tells certainly won’t be the same, but still possible.

    Jul 18, 2020 at 12:06 am #3665044
    David Gardner
    BPL Member

    @gearmaker

    Locale: Northern California

    @autox: Sure! A Zoom GGG! Do you know how to set up a meeting?

    Jul 18, 2020 at 10:22 am #3665068
    Richard Niemi
    BPL Member

    @rickniemi

    Locale: Santa Cruz Mountains

    Hi David, I’m interested.

     

    Jul 18, 2020 at 3:53 pm #3665117
    David Thomas
    BPL Member

    @davidinkenai

    Locale: North Woods. Far North.

    It wouldn’t seem like a GGG if I can’t smell all of you, but I’m game (if not gamey).

    Maybe a round of “check-in” as to how we’re each doing, and optional show&tell on some new piece of store-bought gear or MYOG that we’ve used and liked in the last year.

    Jul 18, 2020 at 8:09 pm #3665214
    Ken Thompson
    BPL Member

    @here

    Locale: Right there

    Foe me a GGG should be live, kinda the point.  I’ll come make the trip when and if.

    Jul 20, 2020 at 3:03 pm #3665646
    Doug Coe
    BPL Member

    @sierradoug

    Locale: Bay Area, CA, USA

    If things are safer in the fall, I’ll come, but who knows what’ll happen between then and now.

    An online GGG doesn’t sound like my kind of thing though.

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