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Apex, I will be in Wake Forest in April to see my mother and youngest sister. Lived in Currituck for years while stationed up in the Tidewater Area. And did my twilight tour from the Navy in Asheville and stayed there for a few years after I retired from the Navy before moving to Mn. in 99.
5 of us that served together on the same ship 50 years ago are getting together when I go down to visit my mother for her 90th Birthday. One coming from the Philippines and another flying in from near Shasta, Ca. North Carolina may never be the same after but we will try to keep the ruckus and destruction to a minimum
Do you plan on a short lift?
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Did Bunce School Road and Iron Clads as a shake down run. Truck did great and the cooling system tolerated 9k feet well. Probably wont be able to get much higher in elevation on a trail until may.
Hiluxforever
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You can tell by th picture with my front tire in the air I was beached like a whale on some granite. Used my Action trax, and they worked like a champ
Who be this?
Spotted in the background of a YT video posted 3 days ago about dispersed camping outside of Badlands NP...
Spotted in the background of a YT video posted 3 days ago about dispersed camping outside of Badlands NP...
Do you need to do a "break-in" period with new head gaskets? Break-in, meaning, driving at low speeds/RPM's for X number of miles.
Hiluxforever
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It's been a long time since I've had anything to share here. I've taken to climbing local summits in my immediate area on the weekends to train for some summer backpacking, but that's meant nothing but trailhead parking lots for me lately.
I finally got out yesterday to cycle the dif and transfer case and give the suspension a workout.
As luck would have it, I was in the immediate vicinity of a wolf who's come to town Saturday morning. That's pretty darn cool, IMO. I wish her the best.
www.latimes.com
One more good shot of the literal "Gatekeeper" at the base of the trail. The shot above shows the steepness better. It was a wild trail in spots.
I finally got out yesterday to cycle the dif and transfer case and give the suspension a workout.
As luck would have it, I was in the immediate vicinity of a wolf who's come to town Saturday morning. That's pretty darn cool, IMO. I wish her the best.
A wolf has come to Los Angeles County for the first time in more than a century
Around 6 a.m. Saturday, the 3-year-old female arrived in the mountains north of Santa Clarita, as tracked by a GPS collar.
www.latimes.com
One more good shot of the literal "Gatekeeper" at the base of the trail. The shot above shows the steepness better. It was a wild trail in spots.
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Are you planning Mt. Whitney? When I was training for both Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mt. Whitney, I did a bunch of local mountains like San Gorgonio, San Jacinto, Saddleback (Santiago), etc. But I was more focused on getting in the miles on very hilly terrain.It's been a long time since I've had anything to share here. I've taken to climbing local summits in my immediate area on the weekends to train for some summer backpacking, but that's meant nothing but trailhead parking lots for me lately.
I finally got out yesterday to cycle the dif and transfer case and give the suspension a workout.
As luck would have it, I was in the immediate vicinity of a wolf who's come to town Saturday morning. That's pretty darn cool, IMO. I wish her the best.
A wolf has come to Los Angeles County for the first time in more than a century
Around 6 a.m. Saturday, the 3-year-old female arrived in the mountains north of Santa Clarita, as tracked by a GPS collar.
One more good shot of the literal "Gatekeeper" at the base of the trail. The shot above shows the steepness better. It was a wild trail in spots.
While wearing a pack, I'd usually do about 8 miles several times a week in my town. My little city has a ridge line trail that's about 1,000 ft elevation. From my home, at sea level, it's about 2.5 miles to 1,000 ft. So it's a pretty steep climb in a short distance. Then I'd do the ridge line trail and circle back for a little over 8 mile walk.
Having done extensive climbing and hiking, if your not using them already, I highly suggest using hiking sticks.
They serve several purposes:
- They keep your hands from swelling, especially when wearing a backpack.
- On steep grades, they help keep your pace by taking some of the weight off your legs, and having your arms help with the load. You basically move faster. It'll keep your joints and legs from feeling as sore at the end of the day.
- They are a third and forth point of reference when crossing streams, rocky terrain or anything that may cause unsure footing.
- When crossing streams, checking water depths so you don't step into a hole up to your chest, you didn't see.
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Hiluxforever
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Nice
I don't have any particular summit in mind, but it won't be Whitney. Been there, done that. I just started taking hikes longer than my family is interested in, and it became a thing for me to do 10-15mi each weekend in the Santa Monica Mountains. Now that I've hit every summit tall enough for radio towers, I've started carrying more weight on my back to increase the challenge. At that point, it sure feels like training so you might as well be building up to something.
I used to do solo backpacking trips each year but stopped after a bear encounter in my camp back in 2011. I may not be in as good of shape as I was back then, but I am a much better shot now, so it's time to get back into it. I might even do something "local" in the Los Padres area like Hurricane Deck or crossing the Condor refuge above Fillmore. Those were both trips I wanted to do when I lived up there and never got around to. Both would require consecutive 10mi days with my water supply on my back, so more training is in order.
Just to keep it on-topic, here's a parking lot view from the summit of Sandstone Peak (Mt. Allen), the high point of the little mountain range at just over 3k feet.
That day was amazingly clear, and from the top of Tri-Peaks I could see from Point Conception all the way to San Clemente Mountain, a 270mi span of coastline.
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Awesome! CongratsWife and I found her forever car. A 23 GX460 Lux. It was previously driven by the wife of a finance manager at SS Lexus in AZ that was downgraded to a GX550
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An ideal forever vehicle for me would be a 200 HE, or a Nori 2023 460... but financial reality is my 2018 is my forever vehicle haha
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Yup same. Only way I csn swing a 200 series would be a high mile beat up well maintained lx570 to pummel on my commute.
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Six months + with our "June Bug" GX... 300+ preschool drop-offs and pick-ups, one off-road trip/one dented gas tank skid, Christmas tree duty, trip up to Manhattan, bunch of snow duty. It's been a good truck so far. Up for sale next month for our move to Tokyo. If it happens, it happens.
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Looking to get another GX/Prado once in Tokyo?
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Bring me back those taillights!