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Snakes' Run July 4th

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Ant Anstead of Dirtbikes
Supporting Member
Location
The Land Northward (Bountiful), Utah
High rez Pics are here. (just ask if you need them bigger)
http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u277/gravesdiggerxj/July 4th 2012/

Carnage. Consisted of a blown bead on WW (SAS'd black Taco) that took 1.5hr to recover.
Loose horseshoes on Jinx's portals.
exploded third member by Dallas
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Apparently someone felt the need to knock down our sign. I can't imagine 4x4" posts snapped because of the wind... but perhaps?
would anyone like to volunteer to put the sign back up on Saturday?

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sixstringsteve

sixstringsteve

Well-Known Member
Location
UT
man, it looks like that tree at the end of the rock garden has been driven over so many times that it's all but dead now.
 
ricsrx

ricsrx

Well-Known Member
Great video, but man you guys are hard on the equipment.........

It was good to see you all, I wish i didnt have to get back or i would have stayed and done WW and Constrictor again.
 
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Ima9er

Ima9er

Crazy Man
Location
Sandy, Utah
wow what a fun day. i did some lines that i have tried before and couldn't do it. and then waynes world was not my friend on this run. it took me longer to get up her then anyother time. even ryan said it was a bit different today. i haven't been on constrictor in over a year, and i forgot how much fun it is and can be difficult. me and stratton decided to hit some lines in a bit different way and had the jeep almost on it's side twice.. now that's a butt pucker upper. and eagles nest is still not my friend. i'm going to have to get 60's and bigger tires and possibly doubles before i can try to attempt it again.
Now it's off to fix the jeep up again.. :(
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jinxspot

jinxspot

~ Bush Eater's Offroad ~
Location
Salt Lake Utah
Everyone should do their part and SPEAK UP if ya see any negative trail abuse...

It's unfortunate that the tree at the end of the first rock garden has been severely abused, we can all do are part to educate other around us though if we see something we disagree with on the trail.

What if ya don't know what to do, I was also taught different methods to handle different situation/confrontations at the RME Training Day at MMP. :greg:

  • Be calm and friendly and forgiving 1st & mention you just want them to be aware that the offroad community is watched very close for areas being driven on that are not suppose to be part of the "trail".
  • Some examples are obvious, but try to simply explain why you are concerned with the activty so they understand if not fully briefed on what was actually wrong.
  • Try to pair up with a buddy or help discuss the issues in groups, if you are the first to speak up, most likely the majority of the group will agree something bad might be happening on the trail.
  • Use a camera if needed to demonstrate how easy it is to document and archive trail abuse.


I also noticed some new tracks that I wasn't too proud of on Weds... They were in the beginning of RS after the 1st boulder garden and just before the big boulder on the left. The ruts show that some uneducated wheelers headed Right (Up and out of the wash), they wanted to go up and hit some gnarly ledges.

In addition there was a group of wheelers not affiliated with anyone on RME that day that were waiting in line while we did that lengthy trail repair in the WW obstacle... Seems as if they drove up the bypass to keep themselves occupied and if I wasn't neck deep in a semi-dangerous vehicle recover/trail fix situation I would have tried to speak up.

I also noticed more trash than normal on the way into RS (not a ton, but random things here and there)... I just picked up some random trash when we stopped as a group that day. I didn't actually make a point to keep stopping on the fire road going in to pick up additional trash. A quick sweep of the beginning area/fire road could def help out (having a vehicle that is easy to start/stop and get in and out would be nice).
 
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Ima9er

Ima9er

Crazy Man
Location
Sandy, Utah
these are some pictures that i took, couldn't take that many cause i was driving.. :rofl:
here is a video of jinxspot crawling up eagles nest.. he makes it look so dang easy..
[video=youtube_share;Iqq8Labuk6k]http://youtu.be/Iqq8Labuk6k[/video]
 
sixstringsteve

sixstringsteve

Well-Known Member
Location
UT
fantastic driving in the blue buggy! Wayne's World sure looked tough that day.

And Ryan makes the nest look way too easy.
 
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sixstringsteve

sixstringsteve

Well-Known Member
Location
UT
Cool. Does anyone know Greg's username on here? He probably swapped all the parts off my old '81 before selling the body to rick... who sold it to scott... who sold it to his son... who was storing it up near fairview, where it was recently burned in the wood hollow fire.
 
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