Sounds good! uh how does channel 7 sound? I'm just gonna light a fire and hangout whenever I get there. Hopefully I go to the right place! hah
Chinaman Gulch - April 19th
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Sounds good! uh how does channel 7 sound? I'm just gonna light a fire and hangout whenever I get there. Hopefully I go to the right place! hah
Its the best! make sure to bring a flipper for those burgers... ill bring some charcoal
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What's the wood situation like out there? I can lug along some if need be.
I talked to Travis a minute ago. I am planning on leaving CS around 3:30-4:00 and driving up, so I will probably meet with him on the way. I am not taking the pop-up, but I will bring a portable shade/rain canopy thing. I will cook some dogs when we get to camp, and I plan to bring some firewood, as well. I will have my ham, and will set my CB to channel 7, as well.
See you guys up there! It sounds like this will be a great trip!
We've always been able to find deadwood in the past. I will be bringing my mini camp chainsaw. And I have an axe for splitting. It wouldn't hurt a thing if you wanted to bring a few bone dry pieces of firewood, in fact, I might as well. I never get in a hurry, if we were all off by 6:00 I would be happy.
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I want to be sittin' in camp sippin' on a beer at 6!
At least by 7 I hope. I would like to set up the tent in daylight if at all possible. If not I would like to use Luke's led light bar.
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It'll melt your tent!!!! -vaporize it!!!!
Yes basil channel 7 it is.
I will make sure Luke parks a half mile away before he turns it on
I will make sure Luke parks a half mile away before he turns it on
Just getting done with the alignment and a guy who knows his stuff. About time I find someone who isn't rude to help. The other guy said he couldn't get the numbers I provided to him (he drives a jeep and I think he doesn't like ifs) but this other guy hit the numbers and explained why the other guy was probably no good. Soon back home to pack the rest up.
A quick post-trip update:
We had a large turnout for this run: 1 jeep, 3 LC's (2x80, 1x100), and 5FJC's. Many of us camped nearby the night before. This was a very challenging trail, certainly the most challenging trail that I have ever run. I think that quite a few of us picked up some little dings/scratches, but nobody broke anything or had major damage.
Luke's recomended camping area worked out great. He even brought the official club banner!
Airing down at the trailhead
Travis stopping to assess the situation at "the squeeze". This trail became difficult pretty much immediately. We found it necessary to stack rocks for most of the trucks to get through some of the obstacles without damage.
There's a Moose on the loose! Brian's FJ80, and Luke's Jeep navigated most of the obstacles with little issue. I enjoyed having a fellow FJ80 on the run!
We had a large turnout for this run: 1 jeep, 3 LC's (2x80, 1x100), and 5FJC's. Many of us camped nearby the night before. This was a very challenging trail, certainly the most challenging trail that I have ever run. I think that quite a few of us picked up some little dings/scratches, but nobody broke anything or had major damage.
Luke's recomended camping area worked out great. He even brought the official club banner!
Airing down at the trailhead
Travis stopping to assess the situation at "the squeeze". This trail became difficult pretty much immediately. We found it necessary to stack rocks for most of the trucks to get through some of the obstacles without damage.
There's a Moose on the loose! Brian's FJ80, and Luke's Jeep navigated most of the obstacles with little issue. I enjoyed having a fellow FJ80 on the run!
A FJC squeezing through.
We stopped for lunch where the trail split at the top of Carnage Canyon and encountered a buggy and range rover on their way to run part of the more difficult trail.
This was a scenic trail with nice overlooks every now and then.
Luke navigating the harder line of a washed-out section of trail.
MrMoose.
FJ's heading down.
The rock pile in the wash:
Luke went to play in the rocks. Travis got into the skinny pedal a bit in an effort to power over a rock that appeared a bit smaller than it actually was.
The Frank tried to pull the 100 off of the rock, to no avail. This led to the only winching operation of the trip.
Luke went to play in the rocks. Travis got into the skinny pedal a bit in an effort to power over a rock that appeared a bit smaller than it actually was.
More fun in the rock pile:
The whales tail:
Parking above the Whales tail. Traffic jams were a bit of an issue on this run. We pulled off twice during the run to let other groups pass, and often we did not park far enough up from an obstacle to get all 9 trucks through without re-parking.
This tippy section was pretty sketchy for the IFS rigs:
I had a blast on this run. Here is a shot of the group airing up. We were not in a hurry, but it took nearly 8 hours to navigate the trail.
