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Old 07-13-2009, 08:10 AM
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Eagle Lakes/Fordyce/Signal Peak Trip Report - 7/12/2009 (pic heavy and videos)

Met up with a couple guys yesterday from from the Norcal TTORA board and Rockalot from Yotatech. One of the guys from TTORA was in a stock 05 TRD Tacoma that he had never really wheeled before so we took him up Eagle Lakes trail to the Lakes and messed around on some other obstacles up there. He did really well for his first time and for how his truck was set up! After going up Eagle Lakes he had to get going so he headed out while the rest of us went up Fordyce. Rockalot and Hytenor from TTORA were in very well built swapped, dual cased, double ARB locked rigs that just owned everything that the trails threw at them. I was in my truck and did my best to keep up with them We headed down Fordyce to the first creek crossing and back then ended up going up Signal Peak as a spur of the moment kinda idea. Fordyce was pretty tough, but I did way better than the last time I went down after all that I've put into my truck the locker and crossmember got a lot of good use Anyways enough with the writing and on to the pics!

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Rockalot: (check out the 4.3 swap that's why theres no hood )



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Eagle Lakes/Driveline Hill...














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Video crawlin the same rock above, I made it up too somehow haha There should be some pics of it




Heading up Fordyce...


















Signal Peak (there was another guy in a black Tacoma on the way up that was stuck that we helped out then he followed us up...










The other guys got some pics too so hopefully they'll post those up too

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Old 07-13-2009, 11:44 AM
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Pictures from Chris















Pretty tippy spot to a long fall down the side of the mountain...









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Another short vid I didn't see

Makin it look easy

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Man it looks like you guys had a good time. I wish i could have made it. Looking at all those pictures made me a little jealous.

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Originally Posted by BMC
Man it looks like you guys had a good time. I wish i could have made it. Looking at all those pictures made me a little jealous.

Bryan
I won't be headin up there again this year, but I'll be goin up for sure next summer, hopefully goin through the whole way! I'll let ya know and I'll have another trip planning thread going next summer, I do it every year.
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Nice, I would like to run Fordyce this summer also. Haven't seen the winch hills yet...lol... but I have heard about them.
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Hey it was great meeting y'all and wheeling!
Here are a few pics I shot...


Setting up for the face of Drive Line Hill


gittin it!


Almost up Drive Line


sweet ride


you never know what ul see i the woods! the tree grew around the beauty ring


lunch break at Eagle Lakes


back to wheeling!


entering Sunrise Ridge on the Fordyce Trail


Nice rig!


last part of Drive Line Hill


on our way to the 1st river crossing


some of the toughest wheeling of the day was just before the river


parked at the river


gotta get across that to keep going. Every year many rigs are swamped by this crossing and a few get washed down stream!

Cant wait till this weekend when my buds and I cross the stream and continue down the Fordyce Trail.
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Originally Posted by Rockalot
Hey it was great meeting y'all and wheeling!
Here are a few pics I shot...
Awesome pictures! That camera you have is sweet!! You have any of me goin up that big rock section where we were right after lunch?


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