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David K
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[*] posted on 9-25-2012 at 09:02 PM


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David, alot times I go and check 4x4 forums from Tijuana, and it's funny how they all mention the bad section before the mission as "THE WIDOW MAKER", they name it in english not spanish.that makes me wonder who was the firts person to call it that. I think it was you, but how all these people know about the name, I dont think all of them, follow BajaNomad.. just curious..


Yep, it was me... I named it the very day BajaMur and I both fell from our motos as we climbed back up it, in May, 1999. Both of us were cut on the rocks and left our blood there. I coined the term when, after several minutes Mur followed me up the grade and was also thrown off his bike! We were both married men, so widow maker seemed very appropriate, specially if we had been killed there!

That was the first trip on my web site: http://www.vivabaja.com/missionsm/index.html

Here are Mur's photos of that trip on his site: http://bajamur.homestead.com/index.html



The late great Baja Mur and myself on May 1, 1999... 10 miles east of Santa Ynez:



[Edited on 9-26-2012 by David K]




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