Peak Putters Rimrock Run - Aug 3-5 2007

[commando14]

Here's pics from our club run up to Rimrock August 3-5. We ran some of the "easier" Rimrock trails. It was a blast.

Don trying to make extra clearance in camp
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David showing us all how its done
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Roy also making it look like a cake walk
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Then there was Toby
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Jose
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JAFO
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The downhill killer tree
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These first few pics were from Friday's evening run. Here Jim was trying to free Don's parking brake.

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Don getting a little close to a tree.
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Scott fitting the Cherokee through the stumps. I think I was the only one to get a little door damage at this spot.
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This spot got a little off-camber
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My dad going through some mud
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Jim was the only one to try this hill.. he made it to the top and got hung up on a huge rut.

Needless to say everyone else took the bypass.
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This was a real loose and rocky hill climb. There were several lines to take.
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Jafo letting some more air out.
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To everyone's surprise Don made it up the hill in his Bronco.
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Roman
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Me
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Toby
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Starting to head back down.
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Jim's steering shaft decided to let go at a real bad spot.

After a trail fix he was able to get by the stump ok.
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[KarlVP]

Awesome pics.

Rimrock kicks ass!!!

[Ceg]

Cool pics. Thanks for sharing.

[Jay W]

Awesome pics.

Rimrock kicks ass!!!
Ditto! :headbang:

[GUMP_redNeck23]

wow looks like alot of fun!

[Jerry]

Really neat pics! They make me feel like I was right there with you guys and I wish I had been.

[colemancooler]

Thanks for sharing :cheers: wish I could have ben there :crybaby:

[Screamin]

Looks like a great day of wheelin! I gotta get back out there.

I've got a couple questions- On the 'Downhill killer tree', why weren't people going up on the left side more? Was it too off camber, or was there an obstacle that the photo doesn't show? It looks like there's a couple feet of trail to the left of everybody that's jammed up next to that tree.

And is Toby running Krawlers? I'd be interested to hear how they've been in mud and snow. BFG's next generation of MT's are based on the Krawler tread pattern, so I'm real curious.

Thanks!

Screamin' :headbang:

[PUO]

Ran that trail quite a few times Lots Of Fun! but it carries some bad memories for me.

That loose hillclimb doesn't look as hairy as it was in the past.
That chewed up stump (red arrow) used to be a rather large dead snag and you always kept to the right of it. one year a guy went to the left and got into the loose rock (bad situation) and needed to be winched out. I turned around to winch him up hill, almost had him out when the clevis mount let go, and his J**p rolled back into the tree, there was a few loud pops and that tree fell. my buddies scout was parked where the white YJ is in the pic. If you notice the tree snapped off some 30ft from the ground (red circle) that saved his life, it broke that tree off then glanced to the left of him, the tree that broke hit his scout, mashed the roll cage and cut him up pretty bad but he was Ok.

The green arrow gives you an Idea of the size of the dead snag that would have landed on his rig,

The way it fell left it blocking the trail,
we came back with some stihl 36" bar saws and cleared the trail. those huge logs (green arrow) Are what we cut out and moved to the side.

sorry but I just had to share that little piece of history. :salute:

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[Screamin]

I like the history PUO. That situation does sound creepy. Having a shackle mount let go during recovery would definitely be hairy.

I've slid off a trail and gotten stuck where there were a couple good size trees just about an inch off of me. While I was able to winch back onto the trail without contacting them, it was comforting to have them there as insurance if things went wrong. They would have kept the rig from rolling about 40 feet down into a really steep draw if the recovery had gone bad.

Yeah, the timber scars you at times, but it can save you too.

Screamin' :headbang:

[GUMP_redNeck23]

wow PUO sounds like an exciting day of wheelin.. and scarry haha. tahst a good clip of history in the other pic.. hey PUO.. you get any pic's of what happend?? or they all gone?? if you do.. i wanna see them.. if you dont mind showing some pic's :iconbiggrin: :toothy7: :iconbiggrin:

thankyou
~GUMP

[PUO]

wow PUO sounds like an exciting day of wheelin.. and scarry haha. tahst a good clip of history in the other pic.. hey PUO.. you get any pic's of what happend?? or they all gone?? if you do.. i wanna see them.. if you dont mind showing some pic's :iconbiggrin: :toothy7: :iconbiggrin:

thankyou
~GUMP

Long time ago, and in the midst of it pics were the last thing on my mind.
It's definately nothing to laugh about though, a good friend came close to losing his life that day. :salute:

[GUMP_redNeck23]

:crybaby: :crybaby: :crybaby: aww sorry PUO. no one needs to lose their life having fun doing some wheelin :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[Dave W]

Need to 'splain to Gump the same as I told 88. Take it serious or it'll bite yer b***s off :evil4: And don't wheel the rig till it's ready and you're ready :salute:

[Drifter]

Looks like a great day of wheelin! I gotta get back out there.

I've got a couple questions- On the 'Downhill killer tree', why weren't people going up on the left side more? Was it too off camber, or was there an obstacle that the photo doesn't show? It looks like there's a couple feet of trail to the left of everybody that's jammed up next to that tree.


That corner was REALLY off camber. The pictures don't do it justice. Everyone was on 3 wheels going around it, and most had to have a couple of people hanging off the bumper to keep from going over. I think everyone rubbed something going around it. The trail is widened out to the left from coming up hill. Up hill around that tree was no bid deal because you have some momentum. I would imagine if you stopped going up hill in that spot it could get pretty ugly.

Alot of places at rimrock you had to just commit, point and shoot.

It was a ton of fun, especially in a stock BII!!

[CentralGrand]

Ok, I gotta be the one to ask... what trail(s) # was that one?... or name? The trail(s) looks like a good one.