I just let life get in the way for too long. I should've let someone else run this thing, but I kept thinking I'd eventually get the time to get back on here and run things the right way.

Anyway, sorry I let everyone down. Take care gang.

Jay

As you all probably know by now, a hiker fell to his death near Hawksbill Crag today.

Please honor a moment of silence at high noon today in honor of our fallen friend. He was a hiker, that's enough to make him a friend to ABC.

And please, PLEASE be safe out there.

Welcome back everyone. Sorry about the down time. I've been really busy lately and haven't made time to mend fences around here. It's spring time now, so you should definately be seeing more of me around here and I'll get things back in order.

Again, sorry everyone.

Jay

It may take awhile, but I'll try to get the scores tallied and post the final results around the 1st of the year sometime. Just didn't want you to think I totally forgot about it just because I contributed almost nothing to my team...Sorry guys!!!

Hey gang!

I'm glad to hear that everyone is okay after the nasty weather. Whew, that was close!

I've been very busy and haven't had much time on here lately. I'll be updating the BFC scores (and adding some of my own mileage. Yay!) and generally trying to get caught up around here!

See you all soon!

Since there's been some jockeying going on, here are the current teams. For those of you who don't know, you can see the names of each team member underneath the team names in the FORUMS.

Trail Stompers: Trail Monkey, colt1911carry, HillbillyHkr, Preacher Man, Jay, jdiehls, Lea Allen

Intrepid Explorers: ULhiker, lew1043, willky1, ouachita hiker, outlawpacker, ED, bostonmtnman, trailrelic

I'll design a fancy scoreboard one of these days, but for now I thought you guys might want to know which team is in the lead:

Intrepid Explorers: 192.5 Total Miles / 75 Overnight backpacking Miles

Trail Stompers: 186.5 Total Miles / 115.5 Overnight Backpacking Miles

As of right now, the Intrepids are ahead, but the Stompers are vying for the backpacking perk come April 1st!

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I know there are some folks who want to join the Backcountry Challenge, and that's great! If you would like to join in but haven't posted about it yet, please let me know and I'll add you. (That goes for you NEW MEMBERS to the forum!)

We're going to keep it fair and simple by randomly assigning newcomers to a team and they will start accruing mileage from there forward--they can't claim any previous mileage. Couples will stay together. Please go HERE to read the rules and then get out there and start hiking for your team!

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