goneMOAB 2012

[Alpine Spirit]

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[civicjoe]

Yay!
Should be there!


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[gorillamel]

Ditto!

 

[civicjoe]

Wow a whole 3 people should be a rager!

 

[granitex]

This is an event not to miss, if you own a Nissan and like to wheel, even a little, You need to make this a priority.

 

[gorillamel]

Oh, believe me, I plan to be there. Now to plan my accomodations, hmmm....

 

[civicjoe]

You down for camping? We might. I'm trying to figure out cost right now, looking at the canyon lands cg or moab rim camp park. The condos seem pricey but I guess once you split them up. Also don't know about the dogs either.


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[gorillamel]

^I'm all for camping! Or if we can get enough people in on a condo, I can do that, too. I love dogs, esp huskies (we raised them when I was little), so I say bring 'em (if you can). I fig if we get a caravaning group together we can split the cost of wherever we stay.

 

[drbandkgb]

goneMOAB!!!!!!!! Man ill be down for the next one I think.... #12

 

[civicjoe]

Dave now that youre all jobby'd up you should totally come, this year!
Even if you flew up I could pick you up in slc

 

[drbandkgb]

dude I wish.... Try being out of work for 2 years... Then see if you can make it to nXm

Im going to one of these soon.. I need to get locked up 1st

 

[civicjoe]

Yeah I totally understand what you mean. I was there for a year. Until I wound up here in the desert.

On the nXm note, where would I fly into?

 

[drbandkgb]

Nashville or Knoxville, TN Knox is the closer airport but its smaller so im not sure on the flights

 

[granitex]

You dont need to be locked to have a good time (can make things more interesting) but not a necessity. Trails like Cane creek, PSM, Hells Revenge, Fins 7 Things, Metal Masher can all be run open.

 

[civicjoe]

I don't have a locker don't figure it will be too much of an issue. First time there I'll probably be doing the easier to med runs anyway. don't have a ton of armor.

And Dave I know it would be a pricey trip for ya, I figured your locked statement was about funds.


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[Cyclemut]

Gemini Bridges is a great campground too. Plenty of space and it's out of the wind. The wife and I camped there several years ago, it was sweet. Highly recommend it, it's just north of town. But even camping in town isn't too bad either. Plenty of options for camping. Hell, even south of town is good, but it can be windy.

Oh, and Area BFE has camping too.

 

[drbandkgb]

Ill fly out and rent a Heep lol

 

[civicjoe]

funny I told Amish i'd do the same to nXm, since the wife showed interest in going too,.... we'll see if we can find a cheap flight
let me know if you are really down for going we can put you down on the condo list. you think you'll know for sure anytime soon?

 

[drbandkgb]

I need to get past the holidays 1st

 

[civicjoe]

ok gotcha

 

[gorillamel]

I need to get past the holidays 1st

^Does that include New Years or before? Yeah, you know you wanna come be our condo-mate!! It'll be fun, bwahahaha! I'm pretty sure if you fly in, you'll be forced to ride with me down to Moab. Joe's got a full ride. :distracted:

 

[drbandkgb]

Joe and his doggies


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[Alpine Spirit]

People have rented Jeeps before, and 1 or 2 Jeeps & Yotas show up every year. The group from Russia Rented a jeep for the whole week, they were a fun group!!

 

[civicjoe]

Joe and his doggies

Don't for get the Mrs. shes very excited for MOAB

People have rented Jeeps before, and 1 or 2 Jeeps & Yotas show up every year. The group from Russia Rented a jeep for the whole week, they were a fun group!!

This is where i got the idea if i go to nXm maybe id rent a jeep

 

[gorillamel]

Ha, there's a guy from the PNWX club who has an awesome Cherokee and would love to go. I say the more the merrier! Even tho it is months away, I'm still stoked for it!

 

[Alpine Spirit]

New Forums up and running!!! Trails for 2012 announced!!!

 

[Alpine Spirit]

I don't have a locker don't figure it will be too much of an issue. First time there I'll probably be doing the easier to med runs anyway. don't have a ton of armor.

And Dave I know it would be a pricey trip for ya, I figured your locked statement was about funds.


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Biggest misconception.... is that you need to have an insane truck to run in Moab. WRONG! 80% of the trails can be ran (taking the legal bypasses) with minimal mods to a truck. Sliders can be the biggest help more for driver piece of mind than anything else.

 

[Cyclemut]

Biggest misconception.... is that you need to have an insane truck to run in Moab. WRONG! 80% of the trails can be ran (taking the legal bypasses) with minimal mods to a truck. Sliders can be the biggest help more for driver piece of mind than anything else.

This x bajillion!!!

I've done most of the nice trails in Moab in stock/near stock vehicles. Totally doable.

 

[Macland]

I did not know this. I guess if I ever get that direction I can be comfortable in my rig.

 

[civicjoe]

I did not know this. I guess if I ever get that direction I can be comfortable in my rig.

Come on Mac you can do it, bring out the Mrs. as well!

 

[Cyclemut]

Plus Joe, if the Mrs. likes to come along, there's plenty of shopping, site seeing and plenty of other things that folks like to do in the area.

My wife loves Moab, even getting out on a couple of the scenic trails, although she's not a big fan of off roading.

 

[civicjoe]

^^Thats cool, if the dogs dont come we'll probably bring the mt bikes and hit a few trails as well. If they do I'm certain Ill be doing some hiking along with wheelin'

 

[Macland]

Someday. I doubt I do much for a bit after this baby is born but my Xterra and I are gonna be around a while

 

[Alpine Spirit]

 

[civicjoe]

whoo securing mel and my and a jeep buddy of mine, condo today

 

[Ron ap Rhys]

I was a Moab-virgin last year. I've got an 07 OR with spacers, shackles, and 33 BFG AT KOs. I've also got Remy's sliders and skids. I ran Hell's Revenge, Seven Mile Rim, Elephant Hill, Fins n Things, and Poison Spider Mesa. Due to some issues with my locker, I wasn't using it all that much and had no issues. In all honesty, there were plenty of folks running trails with no armor or just stock skids and they had no problems.

For many of the different obstacles, even without doing the bypasses, there are different legal lines that can be taken. That's where armor comes in - take the easy line, no armor needed. Take the harder line, armor gets abused. Hell, the thing I abused the most was my hitch.

And that one rock on Elephant Hill.

 

[gorillamel]

^Good to know, Ron. Thanks for letting us noobs know. I was wondering about the steeper angles and hitch. Guess that answers my question, ahaha.

What trails do you plan to do this coming year?

 

[civicjoe]

we've got the rim vista pet friendly condo
just a few more days till registration whoo!

 

[Ron ap Rhys]

Metal Masher, Steel Bender, Kane Creek, leading Elephant Hill, and Flat Iron Mesa. Basically all reds except what I'm leading.

One thing that Kevin and Josh are doing this year (and maybe they've done this in the past) is let the trails increase in difficulty within their color range as the week goes on.

My personal experience started with Hell's Revenge - first trail I ran out there. After that I did Seven Mile Rim, Fins, Hell's again, Elephant Hill, and then closed with Poison Spider Mesa. For anyone who's having their first time out there, read the trail descriptions and go with what you're comfortable with. If you want, start easy and work your way up. However, prepare to be amazed at what your X can do. You'll climb hills you never thought possible, see some incredible sights, and have fun with folks.

However, you don't necessarily have to start easy. Obviously I didn't and I'm alive and didn't do a bit of damage to the X when I was there.

YMMV.

 

[gorillamel]

One thing that Kevin and Josh are doing this year (and maybe they've done this in the past) is let the trails increase in difficulty within their color range as the week goes on.

Yeah I noticed that on their site. I like that idea a lot.

Mel's to-do list:
1. Finish fabbing rest of skids
2. Install CB...someday when its not so cold out
3. Find boyfriend to help me share in cost of room.

I'll think of more later. :angel: