Blanca Run 7-14-07
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Not as scary as later in the day when we were at the top of a cliff with lightning striking around us as we lower a dead guy off. Then a few minutes later the wife had rappelled down and a rock the size of a T/C or transmission rolled down off the side of the mountain and into the gully 30 ft below her and exploded. Chunks of it hit the body and would have taken out some SAR people if she hadn't started rappelling a few minutes before and sent them scrambling out of the gully. That's another whole epic...
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Wow, big balls on video 1!!! That drop is scary on your driver's side. And a long ways down
On the second video, is it just me or are your front wheels pointing in different directions several times while climbing up??? I watched it several times and it appears that your wheels move around on their own. How was your alignment after Blanca?
EDIT - here's some screen shots
On the second video, is it just me or are your front wheels pointing in different directions several times while climbing up??? I watched it several times and it appears that your wheels move around on their own. How was your alignment after Blanca?
EDIT - here's some screen shots
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X2 on the funky steering.
Also, what gear were you in for both of those? I can tell at the end of jaws 2 that you are in first with the 4.7, but on both of the obstacles, you seem to be going really, really fast. Far faster than I'd care to take either one.
Also, what gear were you in for both of those? I can tell at the end of jaws 2 that you are in first with the 4.7, but on both of the obstacles, you seem to be going really, really fast. Far faster than I'd care to take either one.
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x3 on the steering, just thought it was me ...
Some would say big balls, some would say REALLY bad line ... I would have spotted you to turn HARD driver as the front came over the lip...
Some would say big balls, some would say REALLY bad line ... I would have spotted you to turn HARD driver as the front came over the lip...
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Wow - this thread came back from the dead. Very cool videos - my heart skipped a beat on that first one.
Volcom - those pictures are just plain fantastic! Doesn't matter how long I live in Colorado, I still get a "warm n fuzzy" when I see great shots like that. We are lucky to live here!
Volcom - those pictures are just plain fantastic! Doesn't matter how long I live in Colorado, I still get a "warm n fuzzy" when I see great shots like that. We are lucky to live here!
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Wow - this thread came back from the dead. Very cool videos - my heart skipped a beat on that first one.
Volcom - those pictures are just plain fantastic! Doesn't matter how long I live in Colorado, I still get a "warm n fuzzy" when I see great shots like that. We are lucky to live here!
Volcom - those pictures are just plain fantastic! Doesn't matter how long I live in Colorado, I still get a "warm n fuzzy" when I see great shots like that. We are lucky to live here!
I love the Medano / Blanca area around the Sand Dunes. I've been camping off of Medano for 7-8 years now and it still fun (minus the bears ).
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Wow, big balls on video 1!!! That drop is scary on your driver's side. And a long ways down
On the second video, is it just me or are your front wheels pointing in different directions several times while climbing up??? I watched it several times and it appears that your wheels move around on their own. How was your alignment after Blanca?
On the second video, is it just me or are your front wheels pointing in different directions several times while climbing up??? I watched it several times and it appears that your wheels move around on their own. How was your alignment after Blanca?
It was a learning experience, not one I particularly care to repeat at that speed. For rigs on 30.5" & 32" tires that line or around the bottom are the only options, unless you want to drag & winch. My dad used his automatic transmission to ease over the tip point slowly. Had a pretty good wheelstand going. He was driving a stock TJ Rubicon (30.5" tires) and got his belly pan pretty mangled on that trip. On the way down, we went around the bottom side of Jaws 1.
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