Just some more history: The Summit and the Jamau wash were explored and completed out to La Venatna by myself and 4 other members of the Los Ancianos
Motor Cycle Club (Founded in 1960 and still active in Baja) of San Diego late 1963 and 1964.
We used information discussed earlier in this post to find the route under the leadership of our President and head explorer Bill Steider. It was very
difficult. Remnants of the pole line were still visible at that time and the wash was very difficult to ride even headed down the wash as I remember
it, and we literally had to work together to lift these very heavy bikes (Triumphs, Matchless and AJS) over many boulders and other obsatcles, we were
in the ash for over 5 hours and it was hot. The exit out of the wash was very technical and it took several attempts by each rider.
The planned one day trip starting out on the El Compadre Road out side of Tecate to San Felipe turned into two days with a dry overnight campout
without camping gear extra food and water. Two of the bikes ran out of fuel and needed to be pushed (foot into the rear shock) into La Ventana where
we found gas and Balogna sandwiches. The route was then used later for the famous and very difficult Los Ancianos Tecate 500 Enduro in 1971and 1972
from Tecate to San Felipe and back via the summit and the Jamau wash and Arroyo Grande to Diablo Dry Lake and onto San Felipe .Later, SCORE and
others used parts of the route for their events. That what I know.
Fantastic history! Thank you for sharing. If you have any photos of the old road, telephone poles, etc. Please share... If you can't post please email
to me: info (at) vivabaja.com
Not a problem. I can get what I need after I do a little cleanup of the GE file.
Then when I make the USR file I get rid of the artifacts that I missed on the GE file. Normal process for GE to USR conversion for the stuff I do.
you may want to reach out to TDS (since they are local for you) - I believe they ran the first 4x4 trips over the PLR. A 1984 article in a German
magazine about a TDS trip actually made me explore PLR in '86
Rick Russell traveled from Ojos Negros into the Laguna Salada region. He video recorded the event, and I believe he also has a map of the region that
he created himself. Here is a short preview to his video - now available on DVD.
I have the San Felipe map of his... I will share since it is no longer available... once I find it!
Edit: Found it... it is a 1989 guide to driving from San Felipe to Puertecitos on the beach (and around Shell Island, or El Pelicano as he calls a
camp there, on the mud flats).
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