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Trip report

Dusy Ershim 2018 - Day 1

I had communicated with Andy earlier in the year found out they were doing a Dusy trip. I was able to get work off set up and thankfully to get the truck operational. Andy and Tom met us at my parents place and we caravan'd down to the trail on a Sunday afternoon. It was pretty warm out and on the freeway I was excited to use the AC. Had a serious hill climb up to shaver lake and saw some hot temps. 240F on engine temps and a staggering 270F peak on the transmission. I of course was pushing it but we had to pull over and cool off for a while. After we cooled down and another stop up top to fill up we made it to the trail head.

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The temperature cooled off the higher we got in elevation to comfortable window down weather. The other two rigs in our party, two FJ80s, were already camping down the trail so we needed to do a little wheeling to meet up. Aired down, switch out my air filter to my offroad better filtration filter and followed Andy out to meet up with Rick, Dale, and Chris. The last little bit we lost the light so we pulled in to camp under headlights. The new face for us was Chris and as we found out throughout the trail he pretty much had everything in his white FJ80. He gave us some burgers they had cooked up so we didn't have to break out our cooking stuff. After setting up the tent and a quick story we headed to bed to rest up for the next day. The next day after packing up Julie and I took a walk around in the morning before we hit the trail.

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It was exciting to be on the Dusy again and this day did not disappoint. It eventually warmed up to shorts weather but didn't get hot. Here's a shot of Andy's rig. He and Tom did a tire fest before they left the day before and swapped his 37's that were on his FJ60 to his FJ40 for this trip.

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We stopped at Face in the Rock to take a quick break.

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The crew: Chris, Rick, Me, Dale, Tom, Andy. My wife is behind the camera.

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From the camp at the lake it's all pretty much uphill.
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I pulled up the rear and I came up to see Andy had literally gotten himself between a rock and a tree. After a little jack and winch work he popped right out.

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Throughout the trip Tom always seemed to have a smile on his face.

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A short time after this as we continued to climb the clouds rolled in, thunder echoed off the mountains and the rain came. For a short time we even had hail coming down. This was in August in California where the valley was playing with triple digits. You'd never know it on the trail. The trail got slick in certain spots and instead of bouncing coupled with breakage winches were put to good use and the group kept moving forward.

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As we rolled up to our second night on the trail the rain stopped and we were able to find an unsoaked spot to put up a tent. The nice thing about the rain is that it wet down the dust and kept the temperature down. That night Rick made a fantastic meal and Chris brought out his trusty axe so we could split a little wood for a campfire.
 
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Weird, I'll check it out. They show up when I'm linking them to my post. Doing it the same way but getting different results so at least I'm not crazy.
 
Flush your cache and or dns and see if they still show up on your side.

Time to pick your brain.

Used a cleaner to clean out the cache and dns. But most of them are not showing up for me on the post. But when I go to edit them they all show up in the post box. I've been using the picture icon and selecting the link. I reviewed the links and they are all the same but not all the pics show up. What do you think is going on? I was going to search the site for tech but I haven't had time yet.


NOTE: Ok, now I tried it again getting into the edit box but now the images except one were gone. I did the url link again and now they show up for me but it's like the old code is still there and several of my pics are preceded with the broken link icon. Maybe it's the way I'm getting the link but it's still confusing why it works sometimes and others it doesn't doing the same procedure.
 
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Time to pick your brain.

Used a cleaner to clean out the cache and dns. But most of them are not showing up for me on the post. But when I go to edit them they all show up in the post box. I've been using the picture icon and selecting the link. I reviewed the links and they are all the same but not all the pics show up. What do you think is going on? I was going to search the site for tech but I haven't had time yet.


NOTE: Ok, now I tried it again getting into the edit box but now the images except one were gone. I did the url link again and now they show up for me but it's like the old code is still there and several of my pics are preceded with the broken link icon. Maybe it's the way I'm getting the link but it's still confusing why it works sometimes and others it doesn't doing the same procedure.
Hit up @Mace he’s helped me with format issues
 
Time to pick your brain.

Used a cleaner to clean out the cache and dns. But most of them are not showing up for me on the post. But when I go to edit them they all show up in the post box. I've been using the picture icon and selecting the link. I reviewed the links and they are all the same but not all the pics show up. What do you think is going on? I was going to search the site for tech but I haven't had time yet.


NOTE: Ok, now I tried it again getting into the edit box but now the images except one were gone. I did the url link again and now they show up for me but it's like the old code is still there and several of my pics are preceded with the broken link icon. Maybe it's the way I'm getting the link but it's still confusing why it works sometimes and others it doesn't doing the same procedure.
Not useful info, but whatever you did made more pictures show up for me. Also makes me super jealous about your trip!
 
Trip Report

Dusy Ershim Day 2

All got up the next day, had some breakfast and loaded back up. This section was a bit tricky navigation wise for the lead rig because there ended up being snow on the ground from the previous day's storm hiding the path and there were no other tracks ahead of us. Aside from that this was a milder day with no winching that I remember. We did make it into Ershim lake in the early afternoon and had a chance to relax a bit.

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This ended up being Andy and Tom's turn for dinner and I got to try some new things I hadn't eaten before. The dip/spread Andy brought was quite good and was a hit around the table.

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This is where Chris's magic trunk revealed yet another luxury, a hot shower kit. After we split some more wood he set it up right by the water and we all got a chance to take a hot shower out in the middle of the mountains. It was awesome to wash off some of the trail and we had a nice view from the shower tent of Ershim lake. After a few more stories we all wandered off to bed at different times to let the day fade away.

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Yeah, if Rick on the right had gotten any more comfortable he'd become part of that chair. Full bellies, hot shower, campfire was a nice combination to relax; especially after trail focusing. Dusy is not a trail to run leisurely, it requires focus so it's great to have some time to let the brain rest after a day's run.
 
Trip Report

Dusy Ershim Day 3

Feeling rested and not feeling the same affects of the elevation that we did last time we ran the trail everyone packed up and we left the lake. There's dust and maybe some cold diesel exhaust mixed in as we passed by the Ershim Lake sign.

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Passed by Camp lake camp. Overall it's just a beautiful area to wheel and adventure in.

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You do stretch your comfort level on this trail. You get used to leaning into trees and taking it slow on hard obstacles. Love having the width on my axles and the low gearing to give me a little more confidence in situations like this. Last time I ran this trail I had borrowed a roof rack and in some spots it acted like a roof slider. While the additional storage is awesome, overall I did not like wheeling with it.

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Finally a group pic with all the rigs together. We're almost at the top of the trail.

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Here we are at the top of the trail. We met some hikers up here and spent a little time enjoying the sights and the company. If you look closely to the left it's another group shot.

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Heading down. Always loved the look of those Maxxis Trepadors. Stuffed as far as they will go.

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The STT Pro's were holding up pretty good and I had good traction in this terrain. I ran them around 14 psi for this trail. Being the first run on them I didn't want to go too low but I'd probably play around with 10 psi in the future to see what they do.

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I was too far left on this line the first time and almost got wedged in. After a wiggle to the right it came down just fine.

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This section was way more sketchy on my first run down this trail. This time it seemed quite a bit easier. Most of these trails change a little bit year to year and since it had been 8 years since my first run a lot of the trail felt new to me.

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Tom drove Andy's rig down the mountain. Here he is making a quick get away in low gear.

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And a successful exit from the Dusy Ershim trail.

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It was still afternoon and the group had a nice spot right off the access road to camp for the last night. It had some great scenery and there was probably a great sunset.

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After talking to my wife and with plenty of time to make it back to family we decided to head out from here and not spend the night. My sister from the East coast was still in town but taking off the next day so we decided to forgo the last night of camping and visit with family. Once we got back to my parent's place the standard protocol of unpacking began and I took a blower to the interior to clean out the dust.

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Much thanks to Andy and the group for amazing food and letting us join along to enjoy a great trail. We enjoyed the great company. I look forward to going again and seeing how it changes but stays just as beautiful.
 
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Hey Mike. Just curious, what does your rig weigh? Fully loaded? You're right, your tires didn't flex as much as I would have thought at 14 psi. Are they a load range D or E?
 
Fully loaded is probably around 6500lbs for a trip. The last set were E but these ones now are C. The video shows them flexing out a little better than the photos but with them being new this trip probably broke them in.
 
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Yup, in the last video both my 60 and Chris's 80 kissed a overhanging tree while going off a 3-4' ledge. His was worse. I think I show the damage on the 3rd video. Just glad I didn't break another tail light.
 
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