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Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:32 am

Edit: Added Sam's footage from the opposing angle:

Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:33 pm

Playa speed passes:

I don't have Brian's vid of me doing the same.

Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:41 pm

There goes Pax leaving the Playa!

Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:42 pm

Holding the camera up with one hand, steering and shifting with the other.

Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:28 pm

From Sam:

Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:38 pm

More from Sam:

Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:57 pm

I have put my videos in my youtube account samglw

Ian has uploaded them and I may not have the names right please let me know if I am wrong.

Here are some of the pictures tnat I took

Steam coming off the river where we mat at 8 AM

The whole group with the motocross guys (1 lady)

resting on an upoward slope

The Thingster by Pyramid Lake in the desert

The nearly working hot air balloon

La Playa group

La Playa group

Rocket man

Rocket ready to launch, see video above

My bent wheel, do not, repeat do NOT lower tyre pressure with low profile tyres when going over rocks!

Mon Oct 12, 2009 6:41 pm

Who hit top spped for the group?

Any breakdowns?

What was the total miles travelled for the weekend?

Sounds and looks like you had a blast! Wish I could have been there... :(

Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:01 pm

I hit 83 mph for top speed.

I was the only one to get stuck (in the sand).

Pax had a bush pull off his coil wire Saturday, then dropped his alternator belt Sunday morning, and was wrestling with his carbs and dropping a lot of oil Sunday afternoon.

Brian's shift coupling let go (screw came out) Saturday afternoon.

Sam's rims got beat up, but it never stopped him.

My sway bar got beat up and the bushings fell out at some point, but it didn't stop me. (Didn't notice until fueling up for the highway home.)

RidgeRacer (Rich) didn't break once.

No one ran out of gas and all the repairs only took a few minutes. (Less time than RidgeRacer needed to get in and out of his car :lol: )

I count about 330 miles for me - probably about 60 miles of that on pavement. Brian and I skipped the last leg between Bordertown and Truckee, so Pax and RidgeRacer have about another 30(?) miles of trail.

Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:09 pm

Oh, and we did get fully lost once and had the road disappear - it turned into a sand bank, and it's where I got stuck. We ended up doing a bit of trail blazing to find our way back to a path. We also got split up a few times, and the CB's came in handy.

Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:39 pm

Very cool! Thanks for filling inthe blanks... 8)

Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:02 pm

Thanks for posting the pics! Looks like the trip was a success. I have always wanted to see the desert.

Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:40 pm

looks like fun!...any pics of that grey long travel baja? or build thread?

Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:13 pm

Great looking run!

Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:22 pm

We all had a great time,but we are not as eperienced as SoCalBaja's in the video department.

Pax has offered to lead a trip around Huntington Lake High Country, as I used to take my Hobiecat there from West LA it would be a good meet in the middle.

Tue Oct 13, 2009 11:05 am

Ian Epperson wrote: I hit 83 mph for top speed.

Tue Oct 13, 2009 11:07 am

bizmarkie wrote: looks like fun!...any pics of that grey long travel baja? or build thread?
Here's what I got

Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:06 pm

Nice trip! A month later you could have fished for HUGE Lahotans on Pyramid!

Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:09 pm

Thanks for the fun times guys.
Man that water hole made a real mess of my car. Now I may have to use water instead of just an air hose. :?

Pax I'm guessing that you made it back to your car?

Wed Oct 14, 2009 8:47 am

yes ridge racer we made it - thanks for the invite-we had a
GREAT time. and yes SHE is still laughing
hope this link works