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KurtG
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Steve,
I really appreciated the ride out. Your 4-Runner and your driving skill really impressed me going up the widowmaker and the other tough grades.
Turned out I had an upper respiratory infection that hit me pretty hard. Much better now. After you dropped me at my car at the ranch I stopped at
the litttle restaurant in Cataviņa for a torta and then dozed in the car for an hour or so then drove to El Rosario. Got a room and slept for about 9
hours and then drove the 550 miles home.
It was a great group. I would like to return there and have more time to explore.
Also riding with Chris was great. His truck is very well set up and he is a very good off road driver. Lots of experience and made the tough stuff
look easy. Ran right through the bog going in and only got stuck while towing Neal on the way out and a quick bit of winch work took care of that.
The Toyotas are great but that Dodge was also impressive.
Kurt
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hbmurphy
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Steve -
I look forward to another 'BajaTripper' trip soon!
Well, I now know why my rear locker and ATRAC wouldn't work! - The connector to the '4 wheel lo indicator' switch went bad - Nothing a little solder
and jb weld won't cure!!! 
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hbmurphy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
| Quote: | Originally posted by hbmurphyRegarding lessons learned.... Bring Strarter Fluid and get Comm Standardized with all vehicles ( I am a very big
advocate of 2 meter/HAM but CB's would work too). |
I make it a point to only invite people with at least a CB radio in their vehicle. I'm running dual compressors and an air tank capable of reseating
a bead and running air tools, because you never know when you will need it. |
Copy that!
The people that I go out with on a regular basis, all have HAM radios - nice to have a 20 mile range and the option of using a repeater... and if
really needed - Mayday to aircraft!
I have a CB I take in and out of my truck but the HAM radio is permanently mounted and I keep a Handi-Talkie with me at all times too! 
Regarding Air - I have 2 compressors - hi volume ARB and one of these babies:
Not exactly 20 cfm but it will power an impact good enough to do trail repairs.
[Edited on 6-4-2010 by hbmurphy]
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Udo
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Marine VHS works very well also. Works on land as well as on the water. Plus most are waterproof!
Udo
Youth is wasted on the young!
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hbmurphy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Udo
Marine VHS works very well also. Works on land as well as on the water. Plus most are waterproof! |
Have those programmed into my Ham Dual Band (both are dual band)...
Also, here's another video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeEvMDabeBc
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BAJACAT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by BAJACAT
OMG, I miss the trip of the year, Im going to hate myself for the rest of the year, i can belive I wasn't part of this, Im sorry what happen to Neal,
but thats Baja, Im living proof of that, after so many trip to Baja, i had to do some repairs on my Dodge, I usually check my truck after my Baja
trips, but this time i didn't, shame on me. Im glad everybody is ok. And yes Antonio is great asset to BajaNomad,one more time NOMADS RULE.....
DK, what happen to your bumper? |
We missed you Jose, but I know you were with us in spirit...
The trip was epic... not because of the location, but because of the people who were there... There WILL be Santa Maria Gang reunions, like there are
Matomi Gang reunions... Only, I think we will do easier trips out of El Rosario or perhaps a Shell Island campouts? Just like the Matomi reunions...
being on the first trip is not a prerequisite to attending the reunions... isn't being a Baja Nomad great?!!
The bumper was caught on a rock within sight of the mission... I was slowly dropping down a 2 ft. ledge/ boulder... when the body fell onto the rock,
just behind the tire... put a deep dent there, then as I moved ahead that rock caught the end of the bumber where it wraps around the back corner of
the truck, and 'peeled' it back as I drove away from the rock drop off. edm1's motorhome also had the same kind of bumper damage.
The road is highly difficult and at the moment, I consider it impassable. If it weren't for this great gang, I would have not gone into the bog. Oscar
(of Santa Ynez) warned us that the water was 5 feet deep and none of us would reach the mission... He also said the motorhome wouldn't get 3 kms. from
the ranch!
I am working on the detailed trip report... so stay tuned!
[Edited on 6-3-2010 by David K] |
David Im still kicking my self in the head, for missing this, it would not
happen again. I always check my ntruck after any baja trip, but after my last one, I got lazy, if it wasn't for my friend at FIRESTONE, where i
service my truck i would broke my truck in the trip. OH well you live and learn.Thanks david for taking over..I will promise you guys i will be ready
for the next one..
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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BAJACAT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by edm1
Jose, you saved yourself a bumper by not joining the trip :-). I bet your bumper would have been a 3x copy(baja)cat.
But you missed the company of some of the best people in the 4 wheeling crowd and the excitement of having to face the challenges that we faced during
the trip in and out of the Mision!!!
DK is right; what you've seen in photos and have read in the teaser posts are just a third of the whole thing, and then some belonging to the category
of "what happens in Baja stays in Baja".
Art
[Edited on 6-3-2010 by edm1] |
Art I already replace my rear bumper, it would be a small price to pay for a
trip like the one you mwhere part of. I take my hat off for you, you made it CHEVY RULES right after DODGE 
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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edm1
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"you made it CHEVY RULES right after DODGE"
Yeah, you're right Jose, the T*****s are just toads:-) LOL
I'm sure we'll hear back from DK, Paul, Steve, and even from Neal, heheheeee!
Art
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CG
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I moved this post over to the trip report thread by David K.
Here is a picture of my old Explorer right before I sold it:
Then came the Jeep:
Now that I'm not doing too much extreme rock crawling, I have the Dodge that is set up more for exploring:
[Edited on 6-5-2010 by CG]
When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. Edmund Burke
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hbmurphy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by CG
Here are some of my pictures from the trip. I had a great time and was happy to help out and spend time with such great people!
Neal actually drove himself 90% of the way out the second day after replacing the tie rod end. I only had to strap him up a few rough spots.
Big thanks go to Paul and Art for all the hard work they did & Neal impressed everyone with his energy and spirit. Special thanks goes to
BajaCatus for the great rooms and parts help!
I'm happy I was able to get my truck built up in time for this run. I had just kind of route in mind when I did the mods. It took some time to get
used to wheeling with smaller tires again...my last Jeep had 37" tires and my old Explorer had 40's. I'm not really loyal to any brand of car, mostly
cause I can break pretty much anything out there I wanted a mid-size truck with
a V8 for family adventures and occasional towing and the dodge works great!
My truck was the one that got water in it. I was towing Neal through the mud and got bogged down, I had to open the doors to get the winch stuff out
& a bunch of water got in. I was nervous about it getting into the engine, but I got lucky there.
Next time I'll remember to wear jeans in the desert, my legs are all scratched up cause I was dressed in shorts. I had to pull a nasty chunk of cactus
out of my leg with some pliers! I need to remember not to air down my tires too much for mixed trails. Low air pressure works great for the beach and
extreme rock climbing, but the bulging sidewalls can get cut easily in the desert.
I'm ready to go wheelin' with any of you guys again!
Stopped at the beach on the way down:
The trail in:
At the Mission:
Some of the carnage!:
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Yeah, you were very fun to wheel with! You pictures look so vibrant! Did you post process those things?
NOTE: Please excuse my pictures - My web provider has screwed me today with a server switch that did not go well 
Yeah, you were very fun to wheel with! You pictures look so vibrant! Did you post process those things?
NOTE: Please excuse my pictures - My web provider has screwed me today with a server switch that did not go well
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hbmurphy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by CG
I moved this post over to the trip report thread by David K.
Here is a picture of my old Explorer right before I sold it:
Then came the Jeep:
Now that I'm not doing too much extreme rock crawling, I have the Dodge that is set up more for exploring:
[Edited on 6-5-2010 by CG] |
Chris! Some nice rigs! Can we bring them back! ;-)
That tire looks like it went bad right on the rubber seam - I realize the carcass would not split there but it certainly looks interesting - If that
was a Costco tire - they would probably replace it!
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David K
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Email from Neal Johns Friday ~7 pm, reports all is fixed on his Tacoma... Coming home to Marian Saturday via Tecate... VIVA CG, VIVA BAJA CACTUS, VIVA
EL ROSARIO's MECHANIC, VIVA NEAL ... and VIVA BAJA!!!
[Edited on 6-5-2010 by David K]
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BajaCactus
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All done...
Exactly David... Neal arrived at BajaCactus at 6:27pm on June 4th, driving his Tacoma as if nothing ever happened. All repairs have been done.
Neal told our staff he was leaving tomorrow Saturday, June 5th, very early.
Have a safe, nice trip back home my friend...!!!
BajaCactus
[Edited on 6-5-2010 by BajaCactus]
BajaCactus
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Bajatripper
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Amen!
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David K
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Steve, click on the u2u link at the top right of the page here...
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David K
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NEAL JOHNS IS HOME!!!
He called me from his home at 4:38 while we were out driving... GOOD NEWS!! The drive north was easy and the truck drove him home (like a good Toyota
is supposed to)!
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Neal Johns
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Tomorrow I will clear up a few points. Examples:
I was really pushing that Big Ugly Van (BUV) up hills with a stiff tow rope.
It was all David K's fault. His new forum name is San Andreas Fault.
Who told Marian about Isela? Who?
My motto:
Never let a Dragon pass by without pulling its tail!
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edm1
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"pushing that Big Ugly Van (BUV) "
Whatever you say Neal :-)
We're just happy to have you back, and you haven't lost your usual sense of humor.
Welcome back. Is that Tacoma ready for Shell Island?
Art
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BajaCactus
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I am very glad you make it home safely Neal... and it was not me who told Marian ... by her request, she had access to all our video security
cameras... so you better come clean my friend... jejeje
BajaCactus
[Edited on 6-6-2010 by BajaCactus]
BajaCactus
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David K
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hbmurphy ignites edm1's tire with gasoline
Click on image to see movie I took... If someone can make it go in slow motion around 12 seconds into the clip, that may be even more dramatic!
[Edited on 6-6-2010 by David K]
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