Est. 1975 · Stanislaus National Forest
Fifty years of stories, traditions, bad ideas that worked out, and good friends who keep coming back.
The Chronicle is the collected memory of the Kegger Backpack — written by the people who were there.
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Hard-won wisdom from a man who has hiked in with a keg more times than he can remember.
Non-aggressive dogs only — and they always fit right in. Five decades of good dogs at the Kegger.
T-shirts, mugs, koozies, and stickers. Jake's designs. Mike's mugs. The wearable history of 50 years.
Remembering the friends we've lost along the way. They were here, and they mattered.
Pretzel's hole, the pools up river, and Bare Ass Slide. The Sierra's best (and coldest) swimming holes.
The years the Kegger got snowed out or moved. Alternate sites, alternate plans, same tradition.
Who wrote it. When it started. The words everyone sort of knows by Saturday night.
The annual haiku competition. Winning poems by year. Five-seven-five has never been so mountain-adjacent.
An official BFRO report from 1977 — filed by a former Kegger participant, three miles from our campsite.
They live here too. What to know, what to do, and why you shouldn't reach under rocks barefoot.
From the original 2×4 lumber stretcher to modern versions. The engineering history of moving 160 pounds uphill.
Which kegs have made the trip over 50 years. A surprising amount of variety.
Tom's packing list. John's list. Teresa's recipes. Everything you need and some things you don't.
Shirts, mugs, koozies, stickers. Brian's designs, Mike's mugs. The wearable history of 50 years.
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