Team 42

Welcome to the official Team 42 Web Log (or blog as Cory calls it). We are a team based in the Midwest that goes on various outdoor expeditions. We were unofficially formed in 2000 when we went backpacking in the Rocky Mountains. Our team became "Team 42" last winter during a winter hiking expedition. We have five active members and occasionally have a guest attend an expedition with us. Our members live in Buffalo, Monticello and Bemidji, Minnesota and Grand Forks, North Dakota.

To date we have been backpacking in the Colorado Rockies, Desolation Wilderness (near Lake Tahoe), the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW), the Lake Superior Hiking Trail and the Black Hills of South Dakota. We have also been on canoeing and kayaking trips. Our trips run year round, including winter trips to the BWCAW.

We also go an numerous weekend excursions in the area. The three members of Team 42 that live in the Buffalo/Monticello, Minnesota area go on at least one weekend excursion per month, often with the local Boy Scout troop.

Coming up next weekend we will be heading out for a weekend trip to build and sleep in snow quincey's. Our big winter trip is scheduled for February where we will be hiking in the BWCAW with our sleds that we pull behind us. In May we are planning an Isle Royale trip. In August we will be backpacking in Colorado again, and we will have a fall trip that has yet to be determined. Further off in the horizon is an Alaska wilderness adventure which is planned for August/September of 2009.

Dave