Newly confirmed sponsors:

Red Chili (via Excalibur distributing)

Petzl (via Summit Hut)

If you haven't already done so, please take a look at the list of items needed for Beanfest above and let me know what you can bring. You can email me directly, post a comment here, or update the Google spreadsheet.

Thanks!

Looking for a way to make the next couple of hours pass quickly, so you can get the weekend started? Try taking a few minutes to review the list of Beanfest volunteer items needed. It's just been updated!

Holy cow! Thanks for stepping up, folks; the list just got a lot shorter.

A sample of the awesome prizes to be had at Beanfest on the 27th:

Misty Mountain Cadillac Harness Submitted By: Brigette on Oct 8, 2012

Contact Climbing Holds Submitted By: Brigette on Oct 8, 2012

Metolius Rock Rings Submitted By: Brigette on Oct 8, 2012

Superfeet Gift Certificates and Schwag Submitted By: Brigette on Oct 8, 2012

Directions to Isle of You area:

Go east on I-10 to exit #303 (Tombstone/Bisbee).
Turn right (south) on Arizona Highway 80 and drive for about 20 miles.
Just before Tombstone, turn left onto Middlemarch Road. The road is just before you head up the last hill into Tombstone, and it’s well-signed.
Follow this gravel road for almost ten miles to Forest Road 687. Unfortunately, the sign that says FR 687 is past the intersection, visible only from the other direction. FR 687 only goes left, and it’s just past a cattle guard with a National Forest sign near it. The view just after you turn onto FR 687 looks like this:

View from FR 687 Submitted By: Brigette on Oct 8, 2012

Sweet Rock Submitted By: Brigette on Oct 8, 2012

@Jim Thanks for the offer! Turns out the lady got work off so I dont have to bum a ride. Well see you guys in the stronghold!

It's only two weeks until Beanfest, and I have no idea who I'm going to nominate to be the next Beanmaster. If you're interested in the job, please message me.

Very logical date. Super weak sauce planning the event on the same date as the Cor Boulderfest that's been around for almost a decade. Wow, so let the clash begin...

Yes let the clash begin...pebble wrestling fest thats been around for almost a decade or attending the longest running (~30 years) gathering of rock climbers, see you guys at Cochise...

Latest Beanfest sponsor:

Rock and Ice Magazine!

Daryl: Haha. You crack me up! Not to mention that I announced the Beanfest date via word of mouth back in April. Of all the reasons I've heard so far for folks not to make it to Beanfest, the CoR thing hasn't yet made the list...

well....lowell didn't say he wasn't coming...(:

Howdy gang! Less than a week until Beanfest! Woohoo!

Looks like we're going to have an amazing turnout. I've updated the volunteer list with some additional items, so everyone will have enough to eat. If you haven't yet signed up to bring something, please do so ASAP. We've got 106 people RSVPed just on Facebook so far, and only 42 people have signed up to bring something. Please don't make me call you out! ;)

Be sure to bust out your best Halloween costume - the costume contest will have some great prizes.

I'll be down there from Thursday night on; see y'all when you get there!

Hey all. Brigette, I'm not sure if you addressed this on the fb site for the Fest but I thought I would throw it out here to gauge interest:

For my Beanfest, I asked if anyone would be interested in learning to roast their own coffee and didn't get any responses. Then, when Beanfest rolled around, a couple folks came up and asked me when the coffee roasting class was going to be. So, with that said, I was asked if I consider doing the class and the answer is yes but I need to know if folks would be interested. I will drag my roaster and supplies out there to do it but, obviously, it won't be worth doing if no one really wants to learn.

The class would be on how to roast dry [green] coffee beans using a "Whirley Pop" hand crank pop-corn popper. The methods and process could be applied to any of the various roasting methods but I wouldn't expect the class taking more than 45 minutes or so. If i did it, it would be around 8am on Sunday. I've been roasting using this method or about 7 years and can cover all the basics and some coffee blending theory and other intermediate stuff in the class.

That said.. Is anyone interested?

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If you haven't already done so, shoot me a PM about what you can bring or update the Google Doc here: Beanfest Volunteer List . If you can't open the Google Doc, you can see a list of what we still need at the top of page 1 of this post.

Remember to bring cash for Beanfest t-shirts/tank tops. They turned out awesome! Tees are $15, and tanks are $20.

See y'all this weekend!

Is anyone interested in being the official Beanfest photographer? I'd love to have some useable pictures to send to our sponsors after the event, so that we can get them to sponsor us again.

There's a free Beanfest t-shirt or tank in it for you!

• **Important*** The Forest Service has come by and announced that it is illegal to sell shirts or gather more than 75 people in the Stronghold without a permit. They *will* be coming to check on us, so regrettably I have to cap Beanfest at 75 people, and I'll have to figure out how to sell the shirts after Beanfest. Please email me with any questions.

I'm very happy the National Forest is enforcing this. We drove by Sunday night to check on porta-potties, and just to check on how the place looked after such a large event. It looked better than I thought it would. Nice surprise.

No porta-potties at the site. Did they get picked-up already or were there none to begin with? If none(major assumption here), then shame on the organizers AND sponsors.

This event has gotten too big for its own good and should be held at an area that is not as sensitive at the Stronghold. Perhaps the Wilcox Playa or something to that effect. Bring it back to its roots...low key and under the radar.

Brigette. You did a great job and was wonderfully clean afterwards. Haters gonna hate. Don't worry he is just an old angry man. That's all. Can't wait for next years!