DEC 10 2011 Anza Borrego

[MECH Mike]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53842838@N08/
:wink:

 

[alrock]

Looks like a great day.

 

[08SolarFlareH3]

Great pics!

 

[cgalpha08]

Thanks for posting!!

 

[Kurt]

I didn't take that many photos but I did get a few minutes of video that I'll edit together later...


IMG_2233 by Halfshaft, on Flickr


IMG_2206 by Halfshaft, on Flickr


IMG_2247 by Halfshaft, on Flickr

More here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigkurt/sets/72157628381332451/show/

 

[cgalpha08]

Kurt, some of those panoramic shots are just plain beautiful, especially the one with portagers 3T just sittin up there all by itself!!

 

[Kurt]

It's hard to get a sense of scale sometimes.... I saw Portagers truck up on top there and I had to grab the camera and stop for a sec.

 

[Sircode13]

Great Pictures Kurt, thanks for posting. Had a wonderful time. Got home around 1AM and slept like a baby. I'll try and post some of the pictures my friend Johnny took when he E-mails them to me. Thanks again for planning such a great run. Everyone with me had a fantastic day.

 

[Zach]

At the top of the Calcite Mine trail

A view of the Salton Sea

Portager posing

 

[Zach]

Truckhaven Training Center

A new obstacle since the last time we were out there

 

[Ron B]

A new obstacle since the last time we were out there

this shows how tough the new obstacle is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nAiHtTi6S8

looks like you guys had a great time!

 

[Aamco]

Very nice pics, looks like you guys had a good time, great bunch of people ...

 

[Scarsman]

Looks like a really fun place to play! Nice and sunny, too!


Here is the whole work up to getting up it. That thing is insane!

[video=youtube;LLpw2KCXOoo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLpw2KCXOoo&feature=related[/video]


And here he is coming down. I think that would be worse than going up!

[video=youtube;MQcw4MxLRgc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQcw4MxLRgc&feature=related[/video]



So, who's going to be the first Hummer to hit it? :corn:

 

[Kurt]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-8Dp7eyb94

Although that one is highly modified, chopped front end, chopped hood, tires sticking out, big lift...

It would be very tricky, maybe a highly modified H3? High risk of body damage either way.

 

[Ron B]

not sure if any of our trucks have the poop to get up there!

 

[06 H3]

I wouldnt be scared to go down...if your about to roll forward just stomp on the skinny pedal. going up though is where I would be scared ****less. I would never try it in an H3. Possibly a 3T. the wheelbase is just as long if not longer but you might get high centered. I would give it a go if I stretch the wheelbase a bit and get some more clearance. I would also want the H3 to be caged and I would take off the rack for the day...when doing extreme stuff like this every little bit counts. Most jeeps will have issues with their wheelbase. They are too short for this (minus the stretched out JK 4 doors)

 

[Ron B]

forget the ledge -- the breakover on our trucks would prevent making that -- and hit gorman/hv, there are lots of steep 35/40+ degree inclines to play on and see how steep one can do.

 

[Kurt]

Yeah an 3T wouldn't do it, you'd have to lift it so high it would be unstable at those angles.

Best bet is a buggy with a strong roll cage. Nothing stock or close to stock will do it....

 

[alrock]

that tube obstacle looks tough!

 

[Can007]

Wow... Thanks for the pics and videos. Very entertainin, to say the least...

 

[LagunaH1]

Like Ron said.... breakover angle required is *much* more than any of our trucks can do

 

[Portager]

Here are some of the pictures I took on the Anza Borrego run. I was tail gunner again so I didn't get very many pictures.

Picture through the windshield of Hummers on the trail ahead of me on the way up to the Calcite mine.

The group spread out at the Calcite mine.

View from the Calcite mine.

Some of my truck.

Sircode and company.

3 H1's and Zack's H2.

MechMike's H3T.

Some on the mine dig sites.

The group from the mine site.

My truck after I backed out to the edge.

 

[08SolarFlareH3]

Great pics Portager! I love the 2nd and 3rd to the last pictures.

 

[Portager]

Here are a couple of the mine dig sites that were visible on the way out.

Sircode at one of the switchbacks going behind a boulder.

MechMike at the same switchback and boulder.

Truckhaven training center pictures.

The moon as we were airing up.

Dinner after the run.

 

[H3-ING]

Here are a few more shots. Only had my iphone but they came out decent. Zach gets the most air time this time around.:wink: