Anybody for some backpacking?
Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 5:21 pm
I know that the water is nearly non-existent. If you have given some thought to heading into the woods on foot I would like to invite my friends in the ACC to Backpacking Arkansas's first ever Gathering of Hikers. This will be the weekend of Oct. 15th and 16th. You don't have to be a member of BPA.com to attend and it is free, except for the camping fee here at Horshoebend. We will have outdoor related workshops all day long beginning at 9 AM. At the present time I am expecting over fourty folks here that weekend plus some cub scouts that will be independent of our activities.
The schedule is below:
The weekend of Oct. 15 and 16 BPA.com will sponsoring backpacker/hiker workshops at Horseshoe Bend Park, five miles from Dierks, AR.
Here are Coordinates for HSB. 34.14142583 -94.093311658
The workshops are below:
8:00 to 9:00 Registration
9:00 to 9:45 Make Your on Backpacking Meals, Mark Adams (trailrelic), Discussion after.
10:00 to 10:45 Backpacking Stoves, White Gas, Canister, Alcohol, Wood, Esbit. Differences, pros and cons of each. I will demonstrate the NEW SOTO Micro Regulator stove, the canister stove that can be used in very low temps and use all of a canister. Discussion after.
by Tom (ouachitahiker)
11:00 to 11:45 Pitching a Tarp and Ultra Light Gear. Jim Ennis (ULhiker), discussion.
12:00 to 1:00 Noon meal on your own! Since this will be a family oriented event I will encourage all to refrain from drinking Alcohol except on your on camp sites,esp. since we are now to having a cup scout troop the same weekend! Also drinks must be in a coozie or some other form of cover, that is COE rules.
1:00 to 1:45 Hammocks and keeping warm in a hammock. Mike (Smokehouse). If you have a hammock you are encouraged to put it up around the pavilion so everyone can tryout a backpacking hammock. Mike will do the talk.
2:00 to 2:45 DIY Gear", or "Backpacking on the Cheap. Bill will do a presentation on how to build a cat food stove. Bring your empty cat food cans! Plus he will bring some of his DIY gear, if you have some of your own bring it also!
3:00 to 3:30 Ultralight Kits and Tarp Camping, Ulhiker
3:30 to 4:00 Trail Maintenance and Trail Building, Ouachitahiker, AR_hiker, ED
4:00 to 5:00 Open to prepare you meals for the potluck.
5:00 to 6:00 Potluck, dutch oven cooking at the pavilion
6:00 (or when ever) Fitness Challenge awards presentations and prize drawings.
When the awards presentations are over and all of the prizes are drawn we will gather around the campfire and talk backpacking!
The gear swap will actually go all day. We should have plenty of room to have all set up there gear. Place their name and asking price. Most of the workshops will either run from thirty to forty five mins. Folks can get with each other in the between time or after the awards presentations. I will at a later date place a separate area of the forum for you to list what you will be bringing with you for the gear swap. This will be the perfect time to "clean out" the closet, so to speak and help some new folks get into backpacking without breaking the bank.
Sunday the 16th, for those that want to hike, I will lead a hike in the Caney Creek Wilderness Area. We will go in from the WEST trail head, ford the Cossatot River, normally low, and hike to the first crossing of the Caney Creek which is approx. 2.2 to 2.4 miles. Take a break, snack and head back. This is a different area than the East and not hiked as often.
http://www.backpackingarkansas.com
Commercial contributors are: Ouachita Outdoor Outfitters, Ouachitamaps.com, Trailhankie.com, and Tim Ernst THANK YOU!
The schedule is below:
The weekend of Oct. 15 and 16 BPA.com will sponsoring backpacker/hiker workshops at Horseshoe Bend Park, five miles from Dierks, AR.
Here are Coordinates for HSB. 34.14142583 -94.093311658
The workshops are below:
8:00 to 9:00 Registration
9:00 to 9:45 Make Your on Backpacking Meals, Mark Adams (trailrelic), Discussion after.
10:00 to 10:45 Backpacking Stoves, White Gas, Canister, Alcohol, Wood, Esbit. Differences, pros and cons of each. I will demonstrate the NEW SOTO Micro Regulator stove, the canister stove that can be used in very low temps and use all of a canister. Discussion after.
by Tom (ouachitahiker)
11:00 to 11:45 Pitching a Tarp and Ultra Light Gear. Jim Ennis (ULhiker), discussion.
12:00 to 1:00 Noon meal on your own! Since this will be a family oriented event I will encourage all to refrain from drinking Alcohol except on your on camp sites,esp. since we are now to having a cup scout troop the same weekend! Also drinks must be in a coozie or some other form of cover, that is COE rules.
1:00 to 1:45 Hammocks and keeping warm in a hammock. Mike (Smokehouse). If you have a hammock you are encouraged to put it up around the pavilion so everyone can tryout a backpacking hammock. Mike will do the talk.
2:00 to 2:45 DIY Gear", or "Backpacking on the Cheap. Bill will do a presentation on how to build a cat food stove. Bring your empty cat food cans! Plus he will bring some of his DIY gear, if you have some of your own bring it also!
3:00 to 3:30 Ultralight Kits and Tarp Camping, Ulhiker
3:30 to 4:00 Trail Maintenance and Trail Building, Ouachitahiker, AR_hiker, ED
4:00 to 5:00 Open to prepare you meals for the potluck.
5:00 to 6:00 Potluck, dutch oven cooking at the pavilion
6:00 (or when ever) Fitness Challenge awards presentations and prize drawings.
When the awards presentations are over and all of the prizes are drawn we will gather around the campfire and talk backpacking!
The gear swap will actually go all day. We should have plenty of room to have all set up there gear. Place their name and asking price. Most of the workshops will either run from thirty to forty five mins. Folks can get with each other in the between time or after the awards presentations. I will at a later date place a separate area of the forum for you to list what you will be bringing with you for the gear swap. This will be the perfect time to "clean out" the closet, so to speak and help some new folks get into backpacking without breaking the bank.
Sunday the 16th, for those that want to hike, I will lead a hike in the Caney Creek Wilderness Area. We will go in from the WEST trail head, ford the Cossatot River, normally low, and hike to the first crossing of the Caney Creek which is approx. 2.2 to 2.4 miles. Take a break, snack and head back. This is a different area than the East and not hiked as often.
http://www.backpackingarkansas.com
Commercial contributors are: Ouachita Outdoor Outfitters, Ouachitamaps.com, Trailhankie.com, and Tim Ernst THANK YOU!