Yes, there is a movie with this name and there is an obstacle on Steel Bender with the same name but this is a slightly different topic.
The Good:
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* Rising Sun. Those guys at Rising Sun really have got this event down to a science. They improve the experience every year while keeping all the things that make the week an anticipated event for me and hundreds of other Cruiserheads. (More later)
* Saturday night. Onur organized a dinner event for Dan on Saturday evening. Everything worked perfectly and it was a big surprise for Dan thanks to Sara being able to keep it a secret. I cannot remember all those that attended but there was a good showing from High Desert Cruisers, Rising Sun, personal friends of Dan's, business friends, and 'Mud friends. Onur was able coordinate the whole thing and get a busy guy like Greg Miller to attend. Greg said a few words in recognition of Dan's long service to the company and to American Toyota. The evening went off without a hitch and we all had a great time. Thanks Onur!
The Bad:
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* Carnage. We all did some gnarly trails this year and many of the HDC group came away with some battle scars; mostly minor.
* Unlicensed 2M operators. We had a couple of people that were illegally using 2M radios during CM09. Nothing that cannot be rectified with shifting of priorities to taking the test instead of doing other things. License = good. No License = Not good. 'nuff said.
The Ugly:
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* Rudeness. For the first time in a long time, we were subjected to a rash of really bad behavior by a driver at CM. Unfortunately this came from someone that I had been chatting with during breaks on the trail. The guy was also from New Mexico which made me feel like others might have associated this guy with HDC. There were at least 9 vehicles with NM tags on this particular trail and it is quite likely that the others thought we were all together because 7 of the 9 were HDC. I won't go into all the gory details but on one obstacle the guy nearly ran down his spotter (Hants, our trail leader) who was frantically leaping from boulder to boulder to avoid getting flattened by this guy and his bizarre driving style. The guy made an extremely crude comment to Hants immediately after this episode which we didn't find out about until the end of the day.
I sincerely hope that nobody in our club would ever act like this guy. Several of us made sure that Hants knew the guy had no association with HDC and we would never condone such behavior. I'm not sure what we could do about it if one of our club members ever made an ass of himself like this but we would probably come up with something.
/off soap box/
-Mike-
The Good:
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* Rising Sun. Those guys at Rising Sun really have got this event down to a science. They improve the experience every year while keeping all the things that make the week an anticipated event for me and hundreds of other Cruiserheads. (More later)
* Saturday night. Onur organized a dinner event for Dan on Saturday evening. Everything worked perfectly and it was a big surprise for Dan thanks to Sara being able to keep it a secret. I cannot remember all those that attended but there was a good showing from High Desert Cruisers, Rising Sun, personal friends of Dan's, business friends, and 'Mud friends. Onur was able coordinate the whole thing and get a busy guy like Greg Miller to attend. Greg said a few words in recognition of Dan's long service to the company and to American Toyota. The evening went off without a hitch and we all had a great time. Thanks Onur!
The Bad:
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* Carnage. We all did some gnarly trails this year and many of the HDC group came away with some battle scars; mostly minor.
* Unlicensed 2M operators. We had a couple of people that were illegally using 2M radios during CM09. Nothing that cannot be rectified with shifting of priorities to taking the test instead of doing other things. License = good. No License = Not good. 'nuff said.
The Ugly:
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* Rudeness. For the first time in a long time, we were subjected to a rash of really bad behavior by a driver at CM. Unfortunately this came from someone that I had been chatting with during breaks on the trail. The guy was also from New Mexico which made me feel like others might have associated this guy with HDC. There were at least 9 vehicles with NM tags on this particular trail and it is quite likely that the others thought we were all together because 7 of the 9 were HDC. I won't go into all the gory details but on one obstacle the guy nearly ran down his spotter (Hants, our trail leader) who was frantically leaping from boulder to boulder to avoid getting flattened by this guy and his bizarre driving style. The guy made an extremely crude comment to Hants immediately after this episode which we didn't find out about until the end of the day.
I sincerely hope that nobody in our club would ever act like this guy. Several of us made sure that Hants knew the guy had no association with HDC and we would never condone such behavior. I'm not sure what we could do about it if one of our club members ever made an ass of himself like this but we would probably come up with something.
/off soap box/
-Mike-