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Mision Santa Maria, May 2007 (Part 6 The Widowmaker UP! + Road log, GPS data, Map)
This report continued from Part 5 at: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=24915
We got underway by 9 am Monday (Memorial Day) and the first challenge was to get back to the road from our oasis campsite!
Baja Angel is directing The Squarecircle back through the rocks between the road and our camp.
[Edited on 6-20-2007 by David K]
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When we got back to the mission we took a break... I shot a bunch of photos (many posted in Part 2) including a 360 degree panorama (which I will
figure out how to show you).
There is a very steep grade getting back to the mission from the arroyo crossing, plus a lot of overgrown brush that added many pin stripes to our
rigs!
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Baja Angel climbed up the Widowmaker to capture my Tacoma going up...
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The Squarecircle photographed me from below...
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This was fun!
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Kicking some dust... low range and the back axle was locked!
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Almost made it... just a little more...
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I named it the Widowmaker eight years ago after Baja Mur and I were both thrown from our rides and left our blood on these very rocks!
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Now it was Roy's turn to see how his new Land Rover LR3 with 'Traction Control' would do...
[Edited on 6-4-2007 by David K]
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Seeing the Rover's tire in the air was not comforting!
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It did some side sliding...
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But it kept on truckin'!
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No problemo...
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What tire pressure are these rigs running?.......
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Cool stuff... The Land Rover proved itself worthy!
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We made it up the Widowmaker... but there is more challenges still to negotiate!
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The day was a great one...
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Four wheel drive ... some experience off road ... and a desire for adventure is what it takes to reach (and return from) Mision Santa Maria de los
Angeles!
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Quote: | Originally posted by surfer jim
What tire pressure are these rigs running?....... |
I was at the same pressure I normally set them to for street driving... 35 psi... They are 50 psi max. rated 3 ply sidewall tires. These are the
Cooper Discoverer STT tires I got 32,000 miles ago and have never given me a flat...
However, they are noisey and need to be lowered to 10 psi for sand driving.
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Quote: | Originally posted by David K
No problemo... |
DK, in that photo where the Land Rover is listing to the left in a deep dip, can that hole be filled with those rocks around?
I want to go there with my rig, without my fullsize Bronco in tow.
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