Would be a blast but with only 1/4 of the riders. 39 is alot. I led a jeep trip with 43 jeeps for 1 day and it was a mess.
Agree...
Cameron seems to have mastered leading big groups as I witnessed as his guest for three days of the Trail of Missions tour in 2014. Things do happen
(is this where I mention the Ford Raptor's weak spindles or BFG flats?) and the more people the more events.
It all works out in Baja and we simply drop some planned stops. Because of the extra time it took and the filming of a commercial up on Mesa San
Carlos, we didn't have time to tour Mission San Fernando that day. It just takes longer to get people moving after a planned stop.
Ken Cooke does pretty well with his Pole Line Road tours... once we are out of Mexicali (lol) and on dirt roads, that is! Nobody had a flat or got
stuck... just the two Fords that were there broke down. Thanks to good people who off road, all ended well. John M provided great direction help with
his GPS in that ejido near Guadalupe Canyon and then chose to escort the first Ford with mechanical issues back to civilization rather than enjoy the
Pole Line Road on Day 2. Bad roads bring good people!
I just bothered to watch some of this silliness. The sponsor and the music tell it all. Jacked up on caffeine, retarded rock music and testosterone.
And you know what? They didn't see a damned thing.
I see these "dudes" coming through my area all of the time. As far as I can see they go home with maybe a helmet video and some bragging rights. "How
many miles did we do today?"
Did they meet any Mexicans besides Pemex workers? Did they see a sunrise on the Sierra Gigante? I think not.
As to that opening rant about, "No one will rescue you!", well who the hell was flying the helicopter?
Middle aged paunchy conservative white guys wearing clothes emblazoned with energy drink logos, riding noisy dirt bikes, with smelly cigar beer
breath,... Crickey! The last people I would want to travel with would be those knuckle draggers!
That crowd wouldn't know the difference between remote Baja and doing laps on a oval dirt track in santee!
How can you enjoy the desert solitude with that infernal racket of dirt bikes, helicopter and a chase truck blaring trailer trash metal rock?
Just the fact that they drink that Monster energy drink swill tells you all you need to know about that crowd!
I got nothing against doing laps in Santee as long as it's on a Sunday afternoon and doesn't screw up anyone else's afternoon. My whole life was AMA
and international racing of all sorts from 65 to 75. It's just that there is a whole lot more to Baja than rough roads.
These roads go places. Beautiful places. Maybe a little bit wild places though it's been a while since I've stopped to take a break and not heard a
goat.
I can ride fast when I feel like it. It would be folly to underestimate a rider you meet because he or she rides a bike with a milk crate on the back
(grin). But I do stop and listen to the ravens and the water trickling in the river bottoms. I suspect they couldn't hear anything at the end of a
day.
There is a motorhome group that travels around stateside that has a full maintenance shop following and a dedicated washer/waxer group behind that.
Can't get those million dollar MHs dirty now can we?
Really roughing it
You chose your position in life today by what YOU did yesterday
I'm not a knuckle dragger either but I was not even slightly impressed with the aspect of Baja riding represented very well by that video.
What experience would they have been deprived of had they ridden at half the speed? And covered half of the territory. They saw nothing so might as
well have skipped half of it in order to see what they did ride.
The alternative explanation leads to the conclusion that it didn't matter where the road was as long as they beat up their machinery and their bodies.
Why come down here? A rock is a rock.
They should go ride MX and find out how slow old men really are (more grins).
Thanks for the tip off to that video. I am getting ready to head down to Baja Sur to spend the winter in a couple of weeks. This is the first time I
will bringing my little dual sport. Even though it's not the way I like to do it, it was just the medicine I needed to uplift the spirits in these
below zero mornings. Also enjoyed the chit out of your ride report on ADV Rider, you are a talented writer .
Anthony
“The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.” — Mencken
For the four-wheeled travelers, Cameron has the Trail of Missions tour in June so the wives and kids can enjoy Baja's historic culture and off road
driving, too.
I was invited to be a part of the first one in 2014 and helped with maps and ideas for the 2015 trip.
I just learned the 2015 Trail of Missions TV special is now on YouTube:
My comment about "Crazy People" was meant in jest guys....so settle down and don't get your Depends in a knot ...
Those of us who ride can appreciate the terrain and some of the pleasures as well as challenges to be experienced.
We are all tough guys, eh....
I am not into the advertising helicopter catered sag wagon trip either...but I just like watching guys ride the dez...
Goat....what part of your body drags when you stumble along?
Not all off-roaders are knuckle draggers.
Just a different attitude toward riding. Most of the dirt riders as shown in the video are another breed from those of us who like to ride remote
areas in either small groups or as in my case mostly solo. Speed is secondary since I spend so much time gawking. I am large group averse in any
activity and consider two other riders to be the max although in my local area I have a group of buddies who ride together but we know each other and
our riding styles so well that it always works well. I am usually the slowest but they tolerate me since I'm the guy who always carries spare tubes,
patches, tire irons and a little compressor. That can make me real popular when there is a flat out in the boonies. The other thing that surprises
me about the serious off-road riders is that most of them ride nothing else. I've been riding for well over 50 years on every kind of motorcycle
there is and it is a rare day that I am not on a bike, weather permitting and the weather here is generally good.
There are two groups who sort of sneer at my old KLR, first the dirt riders to whom I point out that I am riding with no support group and that I ride
1000 miles just to get to Mulege. The other group are the guys on the giant dual sports like the BMW GS (wonderful bikes btw) and with them I offer
to guide them down a remote road with a sand wash or two. A few of them are good enough to do it but most would rather polish their bikes and have
another beer while talking about "doing Baja."
I've met some great and interesting riders over the years in Baja: old time Harley riders who have owned the same bike for 30 years and maintain it
themselves, a guy on an old xt250 heavily loaded who had made it all the way from Chicago, and other riders from all over the world. I just don't
have much in common with the group who travel with a support truck and mechanic.
Everbody\'s preachin\' at me that we all wanna git to heaven, trouble is, nobody wants to die to git there.-BB King
Reality is what does not go away when you stop believing in it. -Philip K Dick
Nothing is worse than active ignorance. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe(1749-1832, German writer, artist and politician)
When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I\'ve never tried before. - Mae West
Experience is what keeps a man who makes the same mistake twice from admitting it the third time around.
Unwatchable. I got as far as "Stoked up" and "energized" and turned it off.
Also, as soon as I hear the words, "Hey man!", I quietly go away. Next probably comes, "Far out!". I can't wait around for, "Dude!.
I have a rating system for any video whether it be a 'documentary' or a film. "The quality and interest is inversely proportional to the number of
helicopters.
"If it were lush and rich, one could understand the pull, but it is fierce and hostile and sullen.
The stone mountains pile up to the sky and there is little fresh water. But we know we must go back
if we live, and we don't know why." - Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez
"People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care." - Theodore Roosevelt
"You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who they think can do nothing for them or to them." - Malcolm Forbes
"Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others
cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you." - Jim Rohn
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