David K
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Remembering Carlos Fiesta, and his Baja Circumnavigation
In 2001, Chuck Chambers (AKA 'Carlos Fiesta') piloted a 19ft. panga from Los Angeles Harbor to the Colorado River, around the entire peninsula.
Carlos was best known perhaps for his wonderful www.BajaExpo.com website and always being with us at our Baja gatherings.
Carlos at VivaBaja #2 in 2001
Carlos at Viva Baja #3 (in 2002)
Carlos wrote the story of his adventure but before it was published into a book, he was killed (with two others) while flying home from San Juanico
after viewing the Baja 1000 of 2010. Some of us from this site attended his memorial.
Here preserved is his book, with photos:
https://vivabaja.com/carlosfiesta/
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From Baja Expo:
BAJA ADDICTION QUIZ
Do your friends think you spend too much time in Baja? Frankly, we at Baja Expo don't think this is possible! But in case you (or someone you know)
thinks you have a problem spending too much time in Baja, we have developed some guidelines to help you determine if you are 'addicted' to Baja. Watch
for these key warning signs when you are in your home environment to see if you are spending too much time in Baja.
When you are not in Baja do you...
...regularly drink beer with breakfast?
...answer your home telephone "Hola?"
...continually strike up conversations with people you don't even know?
...bring recent copies of Baja Life to work with you?
...ask the kid behind the counter at Burger King if they take dollars?
...drop a piece of food on the ground and pick it up and eat it anyway?
...check your shoes in the morning for scorpions?
...multiply the prices of items in the store by 10 to see what it really costs?
...ask the waiter in the restaurant "donde esta los banos?"
...slow down to watch for cows when you drive around blind corners?
...think showering and brushing your teeth every day is excessive?
...walk into restaurants without wearing a shirt or shoes?
...continually fill up your car's gas tank 'just in case'?
...pull over on the side of the road to relieve yourself?
...expect the waiter to bring a lime with your beer?
...bring your mask and snorkel when you visit a friend's pool or Jacuzzi?
...try to pass a slow vehicle because his left blinker is on?
...not expect the hot water to work in your hotel shower?
...gravitate towards cheap Mexican restaurants with non-English signs in the window?
...leave a bigger tip for the waiter than the bill was?
...get to the airport 3 hours early when you are flying somewhere domestic?
...continually keep a cooler and ice in the back seat of your car?
...act confused when you are asked to stop dancing on the table at the local sports bar?
...expect people to actually show up on time?
...start shopping one way ticket prices to Baja?
...spend more time surfing Baja Expo than the porn sites?
If you answered "yes" to 5 or more of these questions then you could have a problem. The anecdote? Head south, amigo!
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advrider
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I read his story a few years back, pretty cool trip. The good ones always go to soon.
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AKgringo
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incredible journey! I need to put that on my bucket list, right along with hiking the Camino Real in high heels!
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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Tioloco
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Ran across his story of circumnavigating the peninsula again. Lots of time has passed since reading it the first time. Worth another read.
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sanquintinsince73
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If I remember correctly, didn't he die in a plane crash in the OC?
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David K
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He and others...ran out of fuel, flying from Calexico to Orange County. He attempted an emergency water landing in the lagoon or bay, the plane
flipped, the men drowned, as I recall the report said.
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