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still solving problems...
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It was a great time as usual at Cruise Moab 
I ran some of the easier, but more scenic trails this year -- Elephant Hill and Behind The Rocks.
A few pics...
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a couple pairs of pink panties...
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still solving problems...
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Always keep your eye on the Shaman...you need to make sure his knitting needles are safely secured 
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a couple pairs of pink panties...
Another convert to the Church of Latter Day Swank, a sub-cult of Shahrislam
"...Opportunity doesn't knock, you have to kick the fuckin door in and drag the bitch out screamin." -- Ullr
"I have more respect for people who change their views after acquiring new information than for those who cling to views they held thirty years ago. The world changes. Ideologues and zealots don't." - Michael Crichton
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05-10-06, 09:06 AM
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still solving problems...
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Behind the rocks
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a couple pairs of pink panties...
Another convert to the Church of Latter Day Swank, a sub-cult of Shahrislam
"...Opportunity doesn't knock, you have to kick the fuckin door in and drag the bitch out screamin." -- Ullr
"I have more respect for people who change their views after acquiring new information than for those who cling to views they held thirty years ago. The world changes. Ideologues and zealots don't." - Michael Crichton
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05-10-06, 09:08 AM
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still solving problems...
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This one was fun to go up as well...
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a couple pairs of pink panties...
Another convert to the Church of Latter Day Swank, a sub-cult of Shahrislam
"...Opportunity doesn't knock, you have to kick the fuckin door in and drag the bitch out screamin." -- Ullr
"I have more respect for people who change their views after acquiring new information than for those who cling to views they held thirty years ago. The world changes. Ideologues and zealots don't." - Michael Crichton
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05-10-06, 09:09 AM
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still solving problems...
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A couple more of Chad's nice exo'd 4Runner on White Knuckle Hill...
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a couple pairs of pink panties...
Another convert to the Church of Latter Day Swank, a sub-cult of Shahrislam
"...Opportunity doesn't knock, you have to kick the fuckin door in and drag the bitch out screamin." -- Ullr
"I have more respect for people who change their views after acquiring new information than for those who cling to views they held thirty years ago. The world changes. Ideologues and zealots don't." - Michael Crichton
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05-10-06, 10:00 AM
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Some shots Eric V got of me on pritchet
Can opener?
rocker knocker is un-nerving
lining up to rock pile
hammer down!
counting my lucky stars I didn't break... (touch wood)
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05-10-06, 10:41 AM
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i loved the shrugs you guys gave are steve and vince on mud as well? |
I am here too. I mostly lurk. It was great meeting you and to bad you had to leave early. Are you coming to CM07?
Vince
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05-10-06, 04:17 PM
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http://cruisemoab2006.shutterfly.com...q2cMRY¬ag=1
Has Pritchett and Rusty Nail/Golden Spike. I'm working on the others. I've been trying to set this up so you can add comments and even add photos to the collection if you would like.
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05-10-06, 09:53 PM
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I'm having a heck of time resizing photos and not getting them pixelated.
Here's our group at the end of Pritchett, 3 HOURS! Must have been a land speed record for that trail
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Jim and I did it in 2 and got back down in 45 minutes with a stop to run rocker knocker again
Good seeing you in MOAB!
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05-10-06, 09:59 PM
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The 100 series was fun, but the buggy was MORE fun
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05-10-06, 10:09 PM
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Great pics from everyone around! Awesome TOYOTA community 
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So did anyone actually make it up the widowmaker this year?
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05-10-06, 10:12 PM
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Where are my keys?!
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Great pics from everyone around! Awesome TOYOTA community
So did anyone actually make it up the widowmaker this year? |
yes
Widowmaker video
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05-10-06, 10:17 PM
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Ha! Awesome, I was just watched that and came back to edit my post.
Well Done  What type of gearing does that FJ run? Was it locked?
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05-10-06, 10:41 PM
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Where are my keys?!
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Locked front and rear, Orion/SM465, 4:11s. Suprised the heck out of me when it went up. 
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05-11-06, 12:07 AM
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Slickrock traction defies the law of gravity, for sure. That's pretty cool.
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05-11-06, 01:33 AM
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next year
Hell ya i'll be back next year even thoe i had all those problem's it was fun i've learned so much on this trip i would not miss it for anything..
kevin
one thing i don't want to go any where near gold bar rim
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05-11-06, 01:38 AM
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Where are my keys?!
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I had a great time wheeling with you Kevin. What happened with the new knuckle?
My inbox has some space again
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05-11-06, 07:40 AM
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it was 12mm and my steering arm was 11mm bolt pattern so we had to hone it out to fit..
kevin
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05-11-06, 07:43 AM
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Hell ya i'll be back next year even thoe i had all those problem's it was fun i've learned so much on this trip i would not miss it for anything..
kevin
one thing i don't want to go any where near gold bar rim |
Thats great! It was a pleasure wheeling with you! You don't have to worry, I don't think the CM Committee will let you go on Gold Bar again!  Just kidding of course. What ever you did to piss off the Gooney Bird make sure you don't do it again!!!!!!! Glad you made it home safely! If you need anything shoot me a PM. 
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05-11-06, 08:53 AM
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The 100 series was fun, but the buggy was MORE fun |
hell yea it looks like you found the right line on upper as we did..lol. your buggy is bad ass man. looks like a kick in the ass time to drive. and nice seeing you again nolen.
later tj
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05-11-06, 09:25 AM
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05-11-06, 10:54 AM
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it was 12mm and my steering arm was 11mm bolt pattern so we had to hone it out to fit..
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Kevin, call me if you need any steering knuckle stuff. I'll be in the shop all weekend.
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05-11-06, 11:17 AM
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05-11-06, 11:18 AM
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now i'm guessing you folks were in the koa camp next to me. my son and i took off friday night in the dirty pinstriped 80. from shot 43 it looks like you got up the waterfall ok in spite of my dire warnings ? |
That was us. Took some work from out trail leader and other doing a great job spotting...up she went!
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RE: Pritchett
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Jim and I did it in 2 |
shortest I have heard as far as running Pritchett for time is 45 minutes, by Moab local PJTPW
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05-11-06, 04:48 PM
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hey kevin glad to hear u made it home ok , we will be back next year also.
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05-12-06, 11:24 AM
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moab was killer again, perfect weather, great trails, good folks.
the FJ cruiser trail team was there and they had 5 of them there. I got to wheel the thing through tipover challenge. pretty neat car, absolutely no feedback in the controls. you can't hear the thing run, theres no feel through the pedals, steering wheel or suspension. you push the pedal down and the front makes a bunch of clicking noises and it just goes up stuff, very strange.
drove the HJ61 out there with an open 3.73 gearset in the rear and drove about 70-75 mph. put 4.88's with air locker in the front before we left and took another 4.88 air locked third out with us and installed it in the rear axle at tom woods shop the day we got there and wheeled with 4.88's for the week (52 mph at 3000 rpms). it took about 30 minutes to switch it out. before we left we swapped the 3.73's back in for the drive home, worked sweet. full floating rear axles are nice.
got denied on hells gate again, no biggie. awesome 2 wheel drive wheel stand that almost flipped me over. it popped out of 4 on the way down into the hole and I didn't catch it until i was almost flipped over coming out. traction out there is unbelievable.
took the overloaded wagon up moab rim in the dark with 4 people after the brewery with andy leading in his buggy, bad bad idea, really bad idea. thats a scary sidehillin' over the edge to certain death mofo. thought I heard my rear tire de-beading but it was a figment of my over paranoid imagination at the time...
delivered an 80 bumper and installed it in camp. the new bumper on my 61 saved its ass multiple times.
went on cliffhanger and had lunch on the cliffs. 2000 feet to the bottom is pretty crazy, like a roadrunner cartoon. we had a sweet paper airplane contest. KC won with his neo circular flippy little hoop plane. it disapeared into the sky after about 10 minutes of going straight up.
more pics coming...
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Hey Kevin!!!
Next year, you can run Gold Bar Rim in the Gnewt!
She LOVES Gold Bar Rim!
I'm just really happy that Jeremiah Proffitt didn't have to kick my a$$ for giving my tiny little IFS rig the same name (essentially) as his green monster! 
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Hey Z80, those are awesome!
can you list the tunes you played in them and who the artist is? I liked 'em alot.
Anayone else having the Widowmaker video skip on them? It starts, and then it just hangs for me.
"oh, so that's MOab!! "- the wifey.
see you all next year! I better have the new Slee Bumpers by then!
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