South Dakota Buffalo Run Recap, Picture, and Video Thread

[Wilson]

@Huck you got the ball

 

[Huck]

So here is the deal. All laid out plain and simple.....

With the amount of interest in an SDBR2, number of truck wise..

With a one man show, i would have to limit the amount going to 4-5 trucks.

I have checked with other members and I cannot confirm availability to run as support trucks in order to increase the number of participants.

i pitched an idea to some people of a run idea in that general area. A different setup, New run format that hasn't been done before. It was met with some concern that needs to be worked through...

So here it is in a nutshell. With RW knocked up and out of the game (congrats by the way, knew that was something you guys really wanted) I'm down the key other support needed. So I will not be leading an SDBR2 for 2015.

There maybe something in the area still being kicked around, but due to support abilities, it will be an invite only event.

As stated before. If anyone wants to go to South Dakota, its public land, have at it.

 

[ironside]

Huck pm incoming sometime today. I'm out running errands when I get to a computer I'll pm you

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Also congrats raptor wifey.

Side note if anyone is planning a trip out this way as I am local and can try and help in anyway I can with trail info ect.

Sometime this spring if I haven't gotten another job I will be trying out as many trails as possible.

 

[Deleted member 12951]

Sounds like this might not pan out but haven't made vacation plans yet either. I would be in on this run if it happens and you would have me....

 

[Huck]

There is a ton that goes into putting together these events. Especially new territory that you've never crossed or visually seen before.

to put SDBR into perspective from a planning side.

Myself, @yukonjoe and @RaptorWifey started planning SDBR the end of january just after returning from snoball.

If i had to rough estimate hours i spent on google earth planning routes, i would have to estimate it at north of 300 hours. A room in my house looked like i was planning the next invasion of normandy. I had maps up everywhere, across the floor, on the walls. Luckily i had a government job with little to do, so most of the route planning happened at work.

We had hourly emails flying back and forth between the three of us, weekls skype sessions to go over routes. Day 1 became Day 2 probably 30 times, and then switched back when trying to work out a schedule.

I have no idea how many hours @RaptorWifey spent on the phone talking to rangers, ordering maps, calling campground's to find space for everyone.

Tag on about another 80-100 hours of learning new software to design placards, then sourcing a supplier for t-shirts, the give away bags, and the can coozies.

Add in 12 hours of pre-running and you have maybe 3/4 of the time involved.

With my current work load for Rolls Royce, i just dont have the time this year to put anything of that scale together.

With the amount of interest we would need roughly 6 support trucks.

I know everyone wants to be a support vehicle, but im hard pressed to find 6 people that are not only capable of providing that role in my eyes, let alone 6 people that want to.

Also with that many trucks interested, logistics become a nightmare. if we say 25 trucks want to go, by the time you space out a safe distance, we cover over 7 miles from front to back.

Given the nature of the terrain, its impossible to do a Snoball type even with multiple groups, inevitably if the first group has trouble, your whole plan for arrivals and spacing is shot to shit.

As i said, there is still a new idea for an event being kicked around.

More of a 2-3 truck team type event. but nothing is certain.

 

[Monster44]

What time of year was the last run? If the team event kicks off what time of year will that be and will it be in the black hills or elsewhere?

 

[WyoStorm]

in 2013 it was over the Memorial Day Weekend. We did the Black Hills, Badlands, Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse and that was before I had to leave early to get back to work.

The support was top notch all we had to do was drive. A lot of work went into making this smooth for all of us. It wasn't just a get together it was a full fledged supported run. Heck, we had lunch on the trail provided! Yukon, RW, Huck did an amazing job.

 

[BearLeeAsian]

@Huck you guys did a great job with Arkansas so I can imagine the amount of planning for this run. If you need any support, (I'm good at ordering stuff from China) please let me know.

That being said, you're probably right about it getting too big for its own good.


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[Huck]

Hah, I thought Arkansas was a disaster. Sdbr went flawlessly, minus me leading roger into a creek and having to winch him out that was our only hickup. Everything else went perfectly

 

[Jimbo]

Plan a small group local run for us Huck