GSMTR 2015 Pictures & Videos

[CruiseOrlando]

If you have anything to add, please do! I'll merge this thread with the sticky for club pictures & videos after a while.

I'm still processing/uploading stuff, but here's what I have so far...

Take a ride with me on Trail 36... (this one was a whole lot more fun last year!)



Another ride on Tail 16...



Trail 41b. This one was fun. So @lowtideride decides it'd be fun to try a "little" black trail. It's only about 1/2 mile long or so, I think. All downhill... no big deal, right? So I go down first, and make it to the bottom. Towards the bottom the bank wanted to really rub on the drivers' side. And there was a bit of a root at the bottom, so I had to take it slow ... I get down and park, and get out to check on Ray, who was behind me.

He looks like he's about to take every plastic bit on the side of his truck off, and not very happy. Just about that time his DS front tire blows. As I'm trying to get to him, I hear @mel lowe cry out "HELP!". He was just up the hill a bit more. But his situation is a bit more dire... his PS rear tire is about 3' off the ground and the whole truck is rocking... so I go run up to him to try and stabilize while Luis makes his way down a bit more! What a quick turn of events.

Here's Ray getting down the last bit after his tire went out:





We get him a little further down the trail... note he's riding on the rim DS front... ouch!



I had to use my truck as an anchor to pull him into a better position

Then he was able to roll out and we changed the tire on the trail...



@mel lowe got out in his 40. I didn't have any video of that but I think Luis' dad does. Anyway, then Luis came down.. but he was just a bit too tall to clear the tree...



So we had to use the other 40 as an anchor to pull him over to clear



More to come as I have time...

 

[shawnfj40]

What were you shooting the first couple of videos with? I am amazed by how steady the cam stays while the rig is bouncing around.

 

[CruiseOrlando]

iPhone 6 plus. I was holding it in my hand. Which unfortunately tells you how "easy" that trail was. They removed all the technical parts from the main trails.

 

[shawnfj40]

iPhone 6 plus. I was holding it in my hand. Which unfortunately tells you how "easy" that trail was. They removed all the technical parts from the main trails.

Well your video is amazing. Thanks for the fix. I had to miss this year but will be back next year.

 

[CruiseOrlando]

Here's some pictures from Trail 16. While a lot of Trail 16 has been dumbed down, there were still a couple of really fun spots. The shelf about halfway thru the trail were fun a couple of years ago, and it didn't disappoint this year.

We started the day with a group shot...

Here's some random video from the first ledge on trail 16. I'm missing a couple still, this is what I've processed so far:







Dominic learns that sliders are a good idea...

 

[CruiseOrlando]

After that, we decided to call it a day because we wanted to run up and see the windmills. So we ate lunch and took a few poser shots.

Anyone have pics of the windmills? I didn't go up there, I was too busy looking for roads that didn't go anywhere

The next day we went back to 16 to finish the other side of the trail and see the waterfall.

 

[CruiseOrlando]

Then the fun began... we knew we'd have to hurry a bit if we were going to get back to the main area at a decent time... unfortunately there was only two ways out. One, back the way we came (boring!). Two, up the "extremely difficult" part of 16...

I was leading... when you get to the end, there's two choices. One, a big rock ledge. Two, a smaller rock ledge. I picked the smaller one because I'd been up the bigger one last year and I knew it wasn't going to go so well for others.

Going up the trail, I got near the top and had to turn on my rear locker. I knew at this point it wasn't going to be easy for most anyone else in our group. I didn't get video of myself getting over the spot, but Ray was behind me...











I didn't get video of Dominic coming up... he was too fast while I was moving my truck out of the way!

Then Jeff went up...



Another FJ had to show everyone how it was done...



And finally Luis. But Luis couldn't get his truck in low gear, so he had to go up it in 4WD high.

 

[lrays25]

Excellent pictures and film, great trip and good folks. Looking forward to another one