indycole's Moab and Breckenridge Photos

[indycole]

I spent some time this past weekend re-living the fun of Moab and Breckenridge and finished going through photos from our 3500-mile road trip from Moab > Ouray > Breck > Black Hills / Badlands > Teddy Roosevelt NP > Glacier NP > Palouse, WA > back to San Jose.

Hurrah Pass / Chicken Corners



Nice, Easy Driving on Onion Creek



Enjoying the Water







Outrunning the Storm on Fins



Our Fearless Trail Leader @Atwalz

 

[indycole]

Hey, no scraping!



Spoke too soon.



@Markuson



And we thought this was a daunting climb... oh, how naive we were on day 1 of Moab



Beautiful Onion Creek



It takes more impact than you'd think to deploy an airbag

 

[indycole]

@TonyP checking out an alternate route



Taking a break, testing articulation



The lineup after Fins-n-Things


@TonyP leading the charge

 

[indycole]

@Atwalz, our fearless leader

 

[indycole]

@Markuson rolling down the hill at the start of Hell's Revenge



@TonyP @Markuson @TexAZ @ethernectar snaking down some tight turns



@TexAZ ready for launch



A short break and a lineup



The man, the myth, the Matt (and his swanky Goosegear setup)

 

[kreiten]

Awesome pics!!!

 

[TexAZ]

Amazing photos Cole!

 

[Rigger]

Awesome pics!!!

Amazing photos Cole!

X3!!

 

[Markuson]

@TonyP checking out an alternate route



Taking a break, testing articulation



The lineup after Fins-n-Things


@TonyP leading the charge

Fantastic stuff, Cole!!!!!

 

[indycole]

@TonyP playing in the sand



Hot as hell but TonyP was as cool as ice coming up Hell's Gate





@Markuson having absolutely zero issues on Hell's Gate



... aside from getting some bad spotting advice from a stranger



@TexAZ @Markuson @ethernectar enjoying the slick rock

 

[Markuson]

@TonyP playing in the sand



Hot as hell but TonyP was as cool as ice coming up Hell's Gate





@Markuson having absolutely zero issues on Hell's Gate



... aside from getting some bad spotting advice from a stranger



@TexAZ @Markuson @ethernectar enjoying the slick rock

Heehee... Thanks for cuttin me some slack with the spotter trouble. Next time...we'll keep spotters in the mudder family! Paging Atwalz...TexAZ...TonyP...indycole...etgernectar...etc!

Cole, these photos are fantastic!

 

[Atwalz]

Love @TexAZ truck in these pics. That color just pops!

 

[Markuson]

Love @TexAZ truck in these pics. That color just pops!

Ya, that dark red (whatever its called) does look pretty sweet! Mark from Arizona had one, too, at Breck...and it was nice.

 

[TexAZ]

There must be a filter or Photoshop. It looks like candy.

And yes, my desktop pictures have changed about 4 times today.

Amazing pics.
Loving it

 

[indycole]

I love the the red color, too -- with or without some photo processing. I shoot in Fuji Raw so all photos require processing (if you've never seen raw files they're flat/dull as hell... no one uses them straight out of the camera).

For reference, here's the same photo that I just had the camera convert to JPG instead of Lightroom. Truck is still purdy...

An additional note: I also shot with a circular polarizer for much of the trip which cuts through the glare of the sun and brings out the natural colors.

 

[indycole]

@TonyP emerging from the bathtub



@Markuson using his sunroof





@TexAZ heading into Devil's Bath Tub



Trail of cruisers



@ethernecter descending a blind, daunting hill with no room for mistakes



@TonyP taking an aggressive line down the last of an annoying set of shelves at the end of Hell's Revenge



@TexAZ making short work on a multi-level ledge on Top of the World



@Markuson



@TexAZ surveying the great expanse

 

[SQRRRL]

EPIC

 

[KLF]

I did all those trails in 1999. Now I want to do them again. Thanks guys, maybe next year.

 

[Willy beamin]

Great photos!

 

[steenh]

Almost like being there... great shots!