Monthly Backpacker Meetups in Berkeley!

[John_K_Say_Hey]

Not sure if I'm allowed to post this as a newbie, but I've been hosting a series of ongoing first Thursday backpacker (and hiker) meetups at Fieldwork Brewing in Berkeley from 6-8 PM. I've hosted four events thus far, and we've had a fantastic turnout at each - typically 20-25 people. I'm also hosting a third Saturdays (fourth this month) hike in the East Bay, and we're doing a Pt. Reyes backpacking trip on the 20th. The goal here is to give backpackers and hikers a chance to mix, mingle, and suss each other out for potential Sierra trips.

I've been posting my events on the norcalhiking subreddit, but I figured I'd reach out to this forum to see if anyone would like to join. We have a group hike coming up on the 28th, then our next Fieldwork meetup will be on the 2nd. All and sundry are welcome to join, thanks!

[John_K_Say_Hey]

Oh, and my most recent Reddit posts - I'll post the upcoming ones if there's interest on here!

https://old.reddit.com/r/norcalhiking/c ... ember_5th/

https://old.reddit.com/r/norcalhiking/c ... _saturday/

[grampy]

This sounds like a good opportunity (except WAY too far from my SoCal home). But thanks for putting it out there, and hope somebody more local to you finds it to their liking.

[SSSdave]

Thanks for the info.

Have a meetups account but never did any backpacks, just local SF Bay Area hikes. Might join you folks in Berkeley some time during spring.

David

[John_K_Say_Hey]

Thanks! They've gone surprisingly well thus far, and our first backpacking trip in Pt. Reyes last weekend was a very moist success. I'll skip the meetup in January due to NY, but February onward is on. I'll post here about it.

Also, we're doing a meetup hike on Saturday if anyone needs to burn off some ganache - again, if I'm breaking any HST rules by posting this stuff here, let me know!

https://old.reddit.com/r/norcalhiking/c ... mber_28th/

[kwtrail]

Hello, I would love to join this group and get any notices about meetings and hikes. Whats the best way to do that? Thanks