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Celebrating Our 2017 Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge Finishers

October 13, 2017 By Jeff H 1 Comment

This year we had over 1,200 hikers join our 3rd Annual Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge! As I write this, there are 364 finishers – registered challengers who have logged hikes up all six peaks at least once in 2017.  Together, we’ve logged 2,957 peaks, hiking 39,305 miles – enough to hike entirely around the world 1.3 times; and climbing a mind-boggling 13,390,800 vertical feet! That’s enough to climb from sea level to the summit of Mount Everest over 461 times!

That’s something to celebrate! So we did.

On Sunday, October 8th 273 SoCal hikers gathered at Oak Creek Golf Club in Irvine for our Six-Pack of Peaks Finisher’s Party. We toasted each other’s accomplishments, shared our adventure goals for 2018, enjoyed great food and live music from Jagged, and took lots of photos.

This year we raised $8,336 for Big City Mountaineers – $7,135 through your registrations and donations, and another $1,201 from our silent auction.

And this year, we have nine Three-peat Finishers!

Announcing the Three-peat Finishers

Here are the dedicated hikers who signed up and finished the Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge for three consecutive years (from left to right): Nick Wagstaff, Cecilia Lorthioir, Jason Sudo, Jae Bundang, Jeff Hester, Jason Fitzpatrick, Kathleen Miller, Harvey Fiji, and Kristin Seiler (not pictured).

Gear Giveaway Winners

Congratulations to Renata Roles, winner of our Challenger’s Giveaway. She won a TETON Sports Oasis 1200 Hydration Pack, TETON Sports Tarp/Poncho and a signed copy of Scott Turner’s Afoot and Afield in San Diego. The Challenger drawing is open to all registered challengers, but as it turned out, she is also a finisher!

Congratulations also to Audra DeFranco, winner of our Finisher’s Giveaway (open to only the finishers). She also got a signed copy of Afoot and Afield in San Diego, plus a great TETON Sports backpacking package that included an ALTOS Sleeping Pad, a TRAILHEAD +20f Ultralight Sleeping Bag, the Mountain Ultra 2 Tent, and a Hiker 3700 Backpack.

Photo Gallery

Click any picture for a larger version. You can even leave comments on a photo. Photos by 7713photography.com

The party was held again at Oak Creek Golf Club in Irvine
Beautiful view of the golf course
Arriving at the check-in table
The Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge is another Social Adventures project
Some of our awesome volunteers
Moms, dads, kids... everyone came to the party
Checking in
Check-in at the party
I wish they had a Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge when I was young.
Checking out the adventure goals
Finding inspiration in the goals of others
What's on your 2018 adventure list?
Even youngsters can have big adventure goals
Adventure goals for 2018
Clipping her 2018 adventure goals to the line
Swapping stories and taking photos
Lots of toasts and cheers
Derek, Jason, Emily and Jeff
BCM Silent Auction
One of the silent auction prizes
Bidder
One of our top silent auction items
Photos, photos, and more photos
Smiles all around
Hiking boots are totally cool
Jae, Jason and Jennifer
Another happy Six-Pack of Peaks Finisher
JAGGED kept us dancing and having fun
Boogie to the music of Jagged
JAGGED was a great band
Getting grub
Time to eat
Does he want to hike a mountain?
Dinner time
Non-traditional hiking attire
Women hikers were out in force. #forceofnature
Good times at the Finisher's Party
Benchmarks
Mission Accomplished - The Finisher's T-shirt
Get your swag!
Joan, Kristin, Juanita and Yolanda
The coveted Six-Pack of Peaks mug
We had a great time seeing friends both old and new
What a great couple
Founder Jeff Hester says a few words to the crowd
Calling up the 3-peat finishers
The Last Adventurer explains the story behind the hats
Drawing a winner
Our first gear drawing
Time for some announcements
Crystal and Frank
Winner!
Announcing the Three-peat Finishers
What adventures will these kids have when they get older?
Awwwww
The Next Generation of Six-Pack of Peaks Challengers
The mood? Exuberant!
2018 adventure goals
Silent auction winner of MILE, MILE & A HALF
Our silent auction raised over $1200 for Big City Mountaineers
Sleeping Bag Winner
Jeff, Lesley & James
Jenny Campbell and Jeff Hester
More Six-Pack of Peaks Finishers
Jeff and Eva
Jeff & Jerry
Jeff and Jeff
Shuping and Jeff
The coveted "Mission Accomplished" t-shirt
Way to bid, Meredith!
The scene at the photo booth
We had a photo booth at the party
Another great animated photo booth GIF
Six-Pack of Peaks Finisher's know how to get crazy
Three pics were also combined in an animated GIF
Finishers have a blast at the photo booth
Big Adventure Goals for 2018

Looking for your photo booth photos? You can find all the photos here to download or share.

Silent Auction

We had some great items up for grabs in the silent auction, with all of the proceeds going directly to Big City Mountaineers. Special thanks to Oak Creek Golf Club, Duncan Simms, REI, Jason Fitzpatrick, Thermarest, Stanley, MountainSmith, Casey Schreiner, Osprey Packs, TETON Sports, and The Muir Project for donating items for the auction. Thanks to everyone who bid on these items, we raised an additional $1,201 for Big City Mountaineers.

Special Thanks

We also would like to thank Arc’teryx (check out their new store on La Brea) for providing a hats for some of our finishers, and thanks to Christopher Sunnen (@last_adventurer) for delivering them after a lengthy, dramatic journey.

And a big thanks to our many volunteers who helped make this party hum along: Nancy and Joe Rojas, Meredith Crane, Mira Reverente, Philip Yoho, Cristina Restrepo, Shuping Yin, Zena Begin, Jenny Campbell, Dora Price, Yolanda Nowicki, Kristen Combs, Jae Bundang, Jason Sudo, and Juanita Belardes (who jumped in to help at the last minute). You all rock, and you have my heartfelt gratitude.

4th Annual SoCal Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge

Thanks to Kristin Seiler, who helped keep me organized as we were planning this event, even if she couldn’t be there. Thanks to Duncan Simms, a fellow hiker and PGA Golf Pro at Oak Creek Golf Club for helping us with the venue.

And a huge thanks to my lovely wife Joan Hester. You were the glue that kept everything together last weekend.

The 2018 Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge

Registration for the 2018 Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge opens on December 1, 2017. We are working on some changes we think you’ll really like.

Until then, keep on hiking!

Filed Under: Hiking News, Lifestyle Tagged With: Big City Mountaineers, Finisher's Party, Six-Pack of Peaks

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Jeff H

About Jeff H

I'm an avid hiker and backpacker. My wife Joan and I are on the trails every weekend. I started SoCal Hiker to share my passion for outdoor adventure.

Comments

  1. Jake K. says

    October 14, 2017 at 10:58 pm

    5/6 this year. Got a late start to the hiking season with all the snow; some later difficulty securing permits in sept…
    Will def try again in 2018

    Reply

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