06 H3
a.k.a. "The Jackal"
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- Meridian, ID
Day 7 was at AOAA in Coal Township, PA. This day was full of rocks! Back to what I was used to!
We had some people available for help along the trail and it was funny as they thought the hummer couldn't fit anywhere but sure enough I fit it just about everywhere This day went great, it had some challenges but I felt very comfortable being back in my element.
I didn't get many pics (I will work on that) but the hummer did very well. The last obstacle had a few lines and a TJ was wedged between two trees and couldn't get over the rock to complete the obstacle. The trail leader was insistent was I don't take the line but I tried it and really had the hummer wedged. The tires were barely fitting between trees but I was able to clear the obstacle with some tree damage hitting the door and the fenders. The fenders I call pillows as they pop in and out as you hit them preventing real body damage. Sure enough UA was over and the hummer made it through 2 UA's!
We headed back to the staging area after a full day of trails and literally no pics to show for it...
At the staging area we got to participate in a dirt every day extra with fred and dirt head dave which was cool!
We headed back to the hotel, went out to the celebratory post UA dinner and afterword's took off to Fred's. Most were going to leave the hotel tomorrow but I had a flight to catch at 5am. We drove back got the hummer loaded by midnight, and picked up a rental car for myself. My buddy took off to Pittsburg to pick up his GF at 8am the next day to start driving back to so cal.
I went to philly for a 5am flight. I stopped in a rest area and took a 15 min nap halfway through the drive, dropped off the rental car and barely made the flight with the ridiculous lines!!!
Got to Mexico with a few hours to spare for a friend's wedding.
To be continued with post-thoughts, damage, future upgrades, drive from so cal to nor cal, and things I learned.
We had some people available for help along the trail and it was funny as they thought the hummer couldn't fit anywhere but sure enough I fit it just about everywhere This day went great, it had some challenges but I felt very comfortable being back in my element.
I didn't get many pics (I will work on that) but the hummer did very well. The last obstacle had a few lines and a TJ was wedged between two trees and couldn't get over the rock to complete the obstacle. The trail leader was insistent was I don't take the line but I tried it and really had the hummer wedged. The tires were barely fitting between trees but I was able to clear the obstacle with some tree damage hitting the door and the fenders. The fenders I call pillows as they pop in and out as you hit them preventing real body damage. Sure enough UA was over and the hummer made it through 2 UA's!
We headed back to the staging area after a full day of trails and literally no pics to show for it...
At the staging area we got to participate in a dirt every day extra with fred and dirt head dave which was cool!
We headed back to the hotel, went out to the celebratory post UA dinner and afterword's took off to Fred's. Most were going to leave the hotel tomorrow but I had a flight to catch at 5am. We drove back got the hummer loaded by midnight, and picked up a rental car for myself. My buddy took off to Pittsburg to pick up his GF at 8am the next day to start driving back to so cal.
I went to philly for a 5am flight. I stopped in a rest area and took a 15 min nap halfway through the drive, dropped off the rental car and barely made the flight with the ridiculous lines!!!
Got to Mexico with a few hours to spare for a friend's wedding.
To be continued with post-thoughts, damage, future upgrades, drive from so cal to nor cal, and things I learned.