Bag Night Goal

“I got 5 bag night so far this year. My goal is at least 35.

So what's your goal?”

“I can't smoke a whole bag in one night, it takes me at least a weak!”

“I have 6 this year my goal is between 45 and 60.Must hit 60!”

“I'll clear this up. How many nights do you hope to sleep in your Sleeping Bag on the trail this year.”

“No family out there Crazy Mike? In 95' I was either backpacking, rock climbing, or both Every weekend. Those were the days!!”

“I've slept in a sleeping bag almost every night so far this year. Minus the 4 nights I was at my parents house.”

“How about on the trail?”

“Buddur's living out of his van now? Since when?”

“I'm reachin for 30 bag nights.
Your friend,_{Pothead Moron}”

“I have my dad brother and sister.Buddur you are luckey I wish I could backpack that much.My life would be so much more at ease and at peace.Life would slow down so da speak.Something like that would do me a world of good.I wish I could quit my job and go backpacking for a long time.Now that would be the life.And then I got a brick thrown at my head and then I woke up......:(”

“As many as I can squeeeeeze out of course! With work, family, etc.
Hope to get somewhere between 25 and 35.”

“I'm like Buddur, I sleep in a bag everynight, except for a few nights that might be spent in a motel or hotel.

For bag nights in the woods/trails I have plans for at least 83.”

“I did 32 bag nights, not all bac packing, but still in the tent and bag, this year my goal is to go 45 bag nights and hopefully 35 pack nights, got 4 pack nights in so far...Im on my way but I don't know where Im goin...”

“I got the indoor record so far!”

“Wow NS now that is some backpacking.”

“My X wife got the bed in our divorce (Several years ago). I didn't buy another one for over a year and so I just used a sleeping bag and slept on the floor every night. I enjoyed it. I got to thinking that if I ever wanted to get laid again, I probably should get a bed.”

“that is not necessarily true...you gotta find one of those outdorsy girls.”

“Easier said than done stikmon.”

“i dont have goals...i just will get out whenever and whereever i can”

“Yes, I, too, sleep better in my bag on the floor. (fewer leg cramps and circulation stoppages) But I have a bed and viagra available, should I meet a "nice" girl.

From about Aug. 11th through Oct.31st I will be taking a daughter to Minnesota and then to her college in Iowa. The last week of August through October 31st I will be backpacking in GSMNP.”

“You should rack up the bag nighs then for sure! Have fun in the Smokys.”

“I tried to set a goal and start in on it but I just can't figure this bag night stuff out. If I use two bags on real cold nights does that double my bag nights? If I use a bag and a liner does that count for 1 1/2 bag nights? What if I use a single bag but I have it half open all night, 3/4 bag night? Do fleece psudo-bags count? How about a quilt/bag? What about in the summer when I just use a sheet in the hammock, does that even count as a bag night? Am I just cheating myself if I simply sleep in my clothes? How am I suposed to keep track of all this AND track my mileage and foot steps?!

Screw it! This statistical hiking is for the birds and makes my head hurt! LOL!”

“Yeah, We'll play by Nigal's rules.
hehehe”

“Any of you have ahosebag night yet this year?”

“Im going to try to for 35 bag night. we should start a bag night tally here. It would be better then backpacker get out more because we wouldnt be full of #&%!$.”

“I haven't had a "hosebag night" but I did get a "hosED bag" last time out. I decided I was going to use a pee bottle this trip and found that 3AM + darkness + cold + a 8 beer piss + an already half full bottle = not the best pissing conditions! How do you wash down again?”

“Use at your own risk. It is best to be very careful! I usually use a one-gallon plastic milk bottle and sometimes deposit a total of 2 to 3 qts. during the night.

But at the Florida ECT Hike, while I was hiking from Salt Flats to Hopkins Prairie, my daughter used th bottle for cooking water, without first rinsing it. We were both too tired to protest and the soup, etc., actually tasted great.

Maybe that's why I did not feel so good the next day. So I stayed at Hopkins athe second day instead of continuing with the group. The third day I hiked back to Salt Flats to my car.

No, I actually felt bad because of some strong medicine for an allergy problem and 10 miles hiking in the hot sun.
LOL”

“I think I got 25 or so bag nights in last year...So this year I'll shoot for 35....”

“I go for quality over quantity, numbers don't impress me.”

“I don't set too many recreational goals. Tracking the number of bag nights has never been an priority or goal. I just try to make sure that when I go I have a good time when I do go out.”

“Haveing as many bag nights helps me stay cool and happy...:)


And sane...:P”

“Since we are counting, I have had four this year.”

“Well, I have one on the trail and one in a camp ground. Actually that's a good start for me. The night in the camp ground was in the site right next to Nowslimmer and I didn't even know it until the next morning.
I would like to get in a solid week in September and at least 3 or 4 more weekends. Not a big goal, but it's too hot here most of the year.”

“Goal is 35. I have 6 so far.”

“"Well, I have one on the trail and one in a camp ground."

Damn! So now ya'll are tellin' me theres a difference between backcountry bag nights and campground bag nights? My head is swimming the implications this will cause my in my quest! That's it! If I'm gonna stay in this contest I'm just gonna have to hire me a girl to keep some books.

BTW- When are ya'll gonna pull out yer whips and start comparing? LOL!”

“I count the number of trails I complete. I intend to section hike the Tahoe Rim Trail this year. It should take about 10 two day weekends and about 3 or 4 three day weekends to finish the whole thing. Those figures could be cut in half if I can convince someone to come along. We could leave one car at each end of the trail segment.
That would be about 20 bag nights, the Ophir Creek trail could add two more, and the western states trail from Squaw Valley to Auburn could add about 10 more. I just hope that I can get the time off from work and the honey do's to complete these three trails this year.”

“This weekend I'll have my first bag night this season and one at the trailhead.

So far, 12 bagnights camping at Long Valley (near Mammoth) on the snowboarding weekends

goal this year = as many as I can”

“I'll probably log 20 or so actual bag nights; 300 or so virtual bag nights.

One does what one can.”

“My goal is always...one or two more than I've got right now.”

“Walkingdude --

I hear ya man!!! Boy, back when I was single I would have many a bag night. Can't say it was 50 a year or anything but still . .

I remember this one time I got soooo drunk, boy when I woke up, I felt like a train had hit me. But then I rolled over, and realized the train had hit the woman I brought home!! Boy was that a bag night . . .in fact, I'm gonna count it as a two bagger . . .it was THAT bad!!

There's a few times I wished I could've just chewed my arm off rather than waking what was beside me . . .most of those were just one bag nights though.

Since I've been married I, of course, haven't had any bag nights . . .I course, I haven't been getting any either . . .maybe I should set a goal like you fellows have . . .”

“i ain't had nothin!

only 5 trail nights, yo!”

“I'd like to get 25 this next year (2005).

I only got in 14 or 15 (i think) in '04, more than 03, but not enough. Never enough.”

“I'll have 25 after this weekend. Just eclipsed 350 trail miles for 2004 this past weekend. I'll have around 365 after this weekend, may try for atleast 375 before the year is out.

3 state high points this year.”

“I nailed two high points in 2004. MD and NC.

Maybe I can get CO and ID in 2005?

I never kept up with mileage.”

“I had three bag nights in 2003 and probably only 100 trail miles and two state high points.

goal for 2005
30 bagnights
400 trail miles
6 state high points”

“I think I got 39 bag nights this past year.












I have no life.”

“never kept up with anything...milage or bagnights,but I know I am over 25. i did pretty good this year I think.

next year: yeah babeee.....I'll want to add at least 10 more... let's hope I can.


I THINK I CAN...I THINK I CAN...I THINK I CAN...

I KNOW I CAN!!”

“I also climbed up over 50 named peaks (not all of them were major peaks).

I may get 2 more before the year ends.”

“I just wonder what people did between 2/14/02 and 12/15/04. Maybe they went over to the Losing Weight thread and counted pounds instead.”

“31 bag nights
419 trail miles
9 states (NJ, NY, PA, OH, WV, NH, MI, NC, and MD)
2 state high points (NY, NC)

By the way, both of those state high points still owe me views. I guess I'll have to go back sometime.

Looking back, I can't complain about these figures. I've done a lot of backpacking this year. 31 is going to be a tough number to beat in 2005...

I've also put almost 25,000 miles on my car in 2004, much of which comes from driving to far off and exotic trailheads...
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