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tiotomasbcs
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What fun, Paulina! A view few witness! Can you feel the excitement...sure you can. Esp with radios blaring! enjoy!!
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StuckSucks
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What am I missing?
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Paulina
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The view is amazing. We rarely get to see the race as we are usually off on a mountain top. From this location we will see the lights from the racers
down on the Valley floor as they leave Bahia de Los Angeles.
Two weeks to go before we head to the ranch.
\"Well behaved women rarely make history.\" Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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David K
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Paulina, if you could take photos of any ruins of the mine buildings, railroad line, etc., that would make for good historical photographic
preservation. I would also like share them on my Facebook Baja Mission/History page.
Thanks!
Have fun up there and stay warm!
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Paulina
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Quote: Originally posted by David K  | Paulina, if you could take photos of any ruins of the mine buildings, railroad line, etc., that would make for good historical photographic
preservation. I would also like share them on my Facebook Baja Mission/History page.
Thanks!
Have fun up there and stay warm! |
Will do! I have some photos from 2017 that I can send you, if I didn't share them with you then.
P>*)))>{
\"Well behaved women rarely make history.\" Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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PaulW
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No doubt the guy can build the thing. Apparently he has the dollars and smarts and that is all it takes. But to drive it in Baja he will have to have
a semi with a cryo trailer to refill his tanks. Maybe more thatn one of them if the distance is significant?
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4x4abc
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Paulina, which mountain top are you on?
Any crosses?
Harald Pietschmann
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Bajaboy
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Took my daughter up to San Diego to get her Covid shot. We stopped at Baja Cactus to see if we could get a room for the following night.
Unfortunately, they were booked.
But on the bright side, we were able to assist the couple in front of us who needed language assistance with the front desk staff. It was none other
than Ivan Ironman Stewart and his wife.
My daughter and I geeked out on all the buggies, trucks, and bikes pre-running on our quick trip to the States. We're back on the better side of the
border now.
We recently had some stairs custom made by a guy in Vizcaino. His shop is .2 of a mile from checkpoint 2. He is letting us camp at his place for the
night. Can't wait!
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David K
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Ivan is cool...
Harald, they are at the San Juan Mine area. Photos from up there are special!
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100X
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This race is almost as magical and wonderful as the peninsula it takes place on. Both are rare and one of a kind for sure. So glad so many enjoy both!
I will be up all night chasing a motorcycle from Loreto to La Paz, after staying up most or all night on several occasions helping him pre-run his
section.
The course and conditions are ever changing. Between the whoops, rocks, silt, dust, cliffs, southern Pacific fog (!!!), animals, cacti, spectators,
hallucinations and possibly even chupacabras it is a surreal experience that demands 100% focus for hours on end, both day and night. This year we
even get a blood moon and a lunar eclipse!
The logistics, preparation and time it takes to make a serious attempt at this race are huge. The trophy trucks and cars are way cool, but the bike
riders (and the class 11 stock VW's) are the real tough guys/gals in my book!
A life of fears leads to a death bed of regrets.
Find someone who will take care of you, and take care of them.
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Bajaboy
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I'm watching the live stream on my tv via YouTube....almost as good as being there in person....which will happen in a few hours
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mtgoat666
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i tried viewing that live feed to see what all the excitement was about. i saw a minute of people standing around by the course (no cars, no racing),
followed by the longest commercial break ever! clicked goodbye to that waste of time!
one commercial break, with multiple redbull ads separate by multiple ads for the mex navy and baja jerky -- why would i want to watch duplicate ads in
series?
and baja jerky appears to be usa company, and does not appear to be made of anything from baja. wtf?
Woke!
“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
Prefered gender pronoun: the royal we
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David K
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Good morning race fans... Looks like the first bike and truck to La Paz are:
#1x Mark Samuels Pro Motto Unlimited
#11 Rob MacCachren Trophy Truck
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David K
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Finishers list right now:
Mark Samuels... 1x FIN
Derek Ausserbauer... 5x FIN
Jason Alosi... 97x FIN
Shane Redline... 22x FIN
Greg Bardonnex... 308x FIN
Jano Montoya... 325X FIN
Oskar Espinoza... 8A FIN
Rob MacCachren... 11 FIN
Christopher Gil... 109x FIN
Tavo Vildosola... 21 FIN
Ryan Liebelt... 408x FIN
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PaulW
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Tough race for trucks
only 10 TT in the top 40
3 quads in the top 17
7 bikes in the top 10
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David K
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Wild rollover in La Turquesa Canyon
https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2...
Baja Nomad 'steekers' camped at the top of the steep drop off... I bet he will have some stories!
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PaulW
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At 4:22PM SCORE tracker says Steele is at RM 257.7 and Robby is at RM 252.9
I also read that Robby lost his motor. Nothing about Steele.
Of course it means nothing becasue the onboard trackers a known to fail. Racers wanting to go for the overall championship carry two trackers.
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Bajaboy
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My view from last night
https://youtu.be/81o6KQ1vH60
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AKgringo
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If the trackers were not working, is there any way to monitor their speed in controlled speed zones?
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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Bajaboy
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During the race, we heard a motorcycle had lost his tracker. The officials asked if his chase team was looking for it. They said no and race
officiials reminded them there would be a time penalty for each checkpoint.
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