Important Info! BeckerWest Fall 2022 Gathering

See y’all soon!!!! Counting down the hours for my shift :) I think I’m gonna break out the tent this time around. Should prove a little more comfortable than hanging from the trees.
 
Nigh on 900 miles, 🧐 one way.
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Have a Spectacular weekend!! 😁
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Beckerwest was AWESOME!!!!!! Cold and no cell signals but still AWESOME!!!!! I woke up to 10degree temperatures and got packed up and out. Thanks to all who attended!!!! Thanks to Ethan and KaBar for the prizes and swag!!!!! As always the food and games were great! The Company around the fire was outstanding as usual!!!!

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What a fun weekend! A little colder and snowier than expected, but it was a blast to meet up and see everyone again. Many laughs were had, good food and drink were abundant. The snow may have slowed us down a bit but it didn’t stop any of us from having a great time!
A big list of thanks go out to Ka-bar for supplying all the knives and swag for our competitions, to Awesome-O for running the competitions, Nick for the burgers and breakfasts, FALER for the enchiladas, Awesome-O for the brisket, Padruig for the Guiness beef stew, and everybody else with everything in between.
The competitions were fun and challenging.
The fire making challenge for me was the hardest. We were each given 2 small logs, a CS Bushman, a small firesteel, and 1 strip of bacon. First to get a fire and cook their bacon and eat it wins. Brome won it followed by FALER and Nick.
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Next up was the spear, axe, and knife throwing competition. Each contestant used their CS Bushman to make a spear and took 3 throws, then 3 throws with an axe, followed by 3 knife throws. For each stick we were issued a playing card. Whoever had the best 3 card poker hand at the end wins. Padrúig won followed by me and Bill Siegle.
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Next up was the BB gun shoot off. 2 competitors shot side by side to see who could knock down 3 cans first. I think we ended up with 4 winners. Haha

Photo dump incoming…
 
Thanks for sharing the photos man, appreciate it. Looks like a good time was had by all. Sure is a beautiful area.
 
Great pics, looks like everyone had big fun.
Thanks for bringing the fun to us with all these pics.

Oh, and the massive Becker handled BBQ skewer is just amazing :D
 
'Twas a fantastic weekend, albeit a cold one. It was a couple of firsts for my daughter - her first Becker West and her first snow camp. She handled it like an absolute champ.

I didn't get as many pictures as I would have liked (I never do) but I managed to snap a few.

This is an excellent location, right by a creek, surrounded by trees and LOTS of this frozen white stuff.

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In case you haven't seen enough of Bill's epic sword spit, here's another shot with a couple of slabs of brisket.

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Honor and I didn't shoot for speed on this challenge. It was a learning opportunity for her so we took our time - plus, I like to think we had the most stylish setup 😁. Success was had and though we looked like bosses, the style didn't make the bacon taste any better.... 🤢

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Odin was a delightful companion - many thanks to Awesom-o-4000 Awesom-o-4000 for bringing him along. He even had his own chair.

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Here is a pretty sweet shot of Honor hurling a "spear". (thanks to pease pease for the capture)

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I had the privilege of making a pretty excellent Guinness beef stew - perfect for this kind of weather. I am biased and thought it turned out pretty excellent but I heard no complaints from the others and there was zero leftover.

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This shot turned out pretty cool. Firelight reflecting off the trees with the moon and stars gleaming in the background.

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Few more shots of the country we got to camp in.

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We remembered out fallen.

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Thank you to all who helped pull this off, we had an amazing time. I am already looking forward to the next one.
 
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