Moab 2006...you wish you were here!

[Triathlete]

For those of you who were not able to join in on the fun this is the official post for trail reports and photos from all the action here in Moab!

I'll get it started
Day one...VX run
14 VX conquered Gold Bar Rim. No damage and a lot of newbs with a new appreciation for what their VX will do. Todd was a great host and we got some great shots of Gemini Bridge loaded with VXs. It was a sight to see! You'll just have to take my word until I post up some of the 80 pics I took.

Day two...Hells Revenge
Lets just say there are now 4 VXs that have made it up Hells Gate! :freek:
I was the first to go down the entrance and then came back up the same way. Victor (VCamilo) then threw down the gauntlet and climbed out the exit with no problems thanks to some great spotting by Dallas (StinkyFab)! Val then went down and up the entrance. Then since a "girl" did it Biju had to do it. So down and up the entrance he went. He's come a long way since since last year. Next to accept the challenge was Tom (tomdietrying). Down he went and then down I went for round two. Tom went up the exit with little trouble. I was up next. As usual my run had a little more "thrill factor". I'll let the pictures do the talking (they will come later). The three of us also conquered Tip Over Challenge.

[ZEUS]

Yes I do wish I was there - thanks for rubbing it in!

[Knigh7s]

^^ !!!What he Said!!! ^^

[biju]

The two trails run so far (Gold Bar Rim & Hells Gate/tip toe) have been INSANELY cool!!! So much action, adrenaline, and memories in the making....

I'm far from a vet, but no longer (technically anyways) a Zu nooob as this is my second event. Let me tell ya, it's quite the rush to see all the new people truly 'discover' their VX's for the first time just like I did a year ago. All have done exceedingly well as the good times are indeed ROLLING!!

There's no shortage of inspiration on the trails. Upon approach to some obstacles it seems impossible to do - then, BEHOLD!, a VX'er will jump right on it and offer up confidence for those who may be a little intimidated. Before you know it there are VX's all over those same obstacles, while others in the caravan sit back and watch us play like monkeys on a jungle gym!

Like Billy said, lots and lots of GREAT pictures to come...

-biju

[ISCE]

I haven't even seen the pics yet and feel the excitement! Wish I was closer to join you all. Can't wait for the pics! Just hearing about it makes me nervous. You guys rock!

[MZ-N10]

this thread is worthless without pics ;) ;)

PICS!!!!!!!!

[biju]

Here's a preview of the action!

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-biju.

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-biju.

[Triathlete]

Day 3...Fins and Things. Hells Revenge...less thrills. Still a fun trail with like any trail here...great scenery!

[Triathlete]

The line up
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"I can see my reflection in my wheels"
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Tomdietrying on "The Wall"
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Biju getting a good look at the dirt
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My turn...you literally STAND on your brake pedal
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Tones MB rear end
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And his carnage :smack:
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[Triathlete]

WildWeasels maiden off road journey
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Trail leader Todd Adams spotting Victor (VCamilo)
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Me hanging out on Gold Bar Rim ;eeky;
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[Triathlete]

Todd hangin out at Gold Bar Rim ;eeky; ;eeky;
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What you go up you must go down and vice versa
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Tom going back up the wall
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My assault on the wall
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[Triathlete]

How many VXs will fit on the two spans of the Gemini Bridges?
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[Triathlete]

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This pic actually should have ben 1st...the trail talk at Portal
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More from "The Wall"
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Out on the trail
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Victor going up the wall
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Larry going down the wall
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[innercore]

Hats off, salutations of courage, and wicked moats of beer to you all!

[Triathlete]

Oh it gets better!
The entrance to HR...Baby Lions Back
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A few of the rigs participating
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Geat veiws....of the SKY!
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Then you get to go down...up...down...up...
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Me shooting Tom in the rearview
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[Triathlete]

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StinkyFab super trooper
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Yal getting on the skinny pedal
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[Triathlete]

Me entering Hells Gate
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Everyone was watching the guinee pig
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Coming back up the entrance
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[mbeach]

The action is awesome -keep 'em coming and stay safe (and major damage free ;) )

[Triathlete]

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Yal on the entrance
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Victor throwing down the gauntlet
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[Triathlete]

I have a lot more that I'll post shortly...gotta go for a quick run before it gets dark!

[Triathlete]

Back from the run so here we go again
Looking up from the bottom
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Not wanting to be outdone by Victor or Tom...its my turn
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[Triathlete]

Larry rode up with me...he wanted to kiss the rock for good luck! :bwgy:
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Dallas on spotting duty
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Over the top...whew!
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[Triathlete]

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Tom on Tip Over Challenge
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Tom on Tip Over Challenge...I'm along for the ride to keep the obstacle from keping up with its name
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Me on Tip Over
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[Triathlete]

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[Triathlete]

Me coming up the entrance of Hells Gate
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Victor entering Hells Gate
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Biju on the entrance
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[Triathlete]

Me coming up
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[ZEUS]

I'm on my way! Or I will be tomorrow after work... too bad everyone else will be leaving! Thanks for all the pics!!!

[Triathlete]

I'll still be here...Portal campground space J. Stop by and say hello. I don't leave til Sunday A.M.

[ZEUS]

Portal campground...? Is that in the Sand Flats? I usually camp out at the Fins-N-Things camp area... the first one. I'd be happy to stop by and maybe tag along on a trail or two if your game. If you have a cell with you we should exchange numbers... Otherwise I should be in MOAB! about 7:30 or 8:00 and I'll see if I can spot your VX!

[Triathlete]

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[Triathlete]

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[Triathlete]

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[Triathlete]

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More tomorrow from Cliff Hanger.

[Triathlete]

Portal is on the north end of town off of 191

[shoota77]

awesome...thanks for the pics!!! one day.....

[Anita]

Billy,

I think these are the most excellent pictures we have had in all these years! How clearly you can see each obstacle. Thank you for posting these so soon for all of us to see.

[Joe_Black]

Beautiful.

Someone hurry up and buy my Dragon so I can take a turbodiesel IronMan to Moab next year! :p

[nocturnalVX]

Thanks for the pictures. I'm glad we've got a few MWIOR members out there & Kasia's putting her Proton through better trails than Indiana has to offer. Wish I was there! :thumbup:

[Cyrk]

Great photos! Man that looks like FUN! Keep them coming.

[Andrey]

Insane ! Scary ! Awesome ! List goes on and on ! I saw one VX with Toyo Proxes. Interesting how were they for such extreme off road ?

We need to do something like this in the North East :)

[biju]

The toyo proxies have done just fantastic out here in Moab!!! (I think that's either Tom's or Don's... either way, the street tires I'm seeing out here have impressed the heck outta me!).

Pbkid's VX had STOCK duelers (sp?) that were completely BALD! and did better on a few obstacles than my VX with Nitto Grapplers!!!! (proving, it's all about picking the right line!)...

-biju.

[Andrey]

Thanks Biju,

I have Proxes and I thought that they will be only good for street, but now I see that they can perform when needed :)

[Triathlete]

Went on Cliff Hanger today. Cool trail with some tough obstacles, cool people and some great veiws.
So on with the pics we go...
The entrance to the trail got your attention real fast
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The 2nd obstacle had some nice big rocks just waiting to take a chunk out of your cladding or underside with one wrong move
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[Triathlete]

On the trail
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[Triathlete]

Trail leader Fernando showing us which line not to take...1 winch and a strap pulled by several bodies prevented a nasty roll over when the dirt gave way under his tire
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The new and impoved line
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Another little ledge to descend
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[Triathlete]

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Our destination and lunch spot
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[Triathlete]

Then it was time to head down
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Putting on a little show for the Jeepers hanging out to watch the Zu's...showing them the hard line up the exit
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[Triathlete]

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The "little Trooper that could"! Jim took this little 44 horse power turbo diesel that was bone stock on pretty much every trail I did (not always doing the hard or optional lines) and impressed every one!
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[Triathlete]

More shots from the trail
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The road back to camp
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And the rewarding Moab sunset from camp
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More tomorrow from Steel Bender! ;eeky;

[MZ-N10]

:disturbed

u guys r crazy....lol
great pics tho thank you for postin

ps. whoever has the oj vx nice color....

[tomdietrying]

I just made it back home (Dallas) from Moab. This was the BEST Moab trip yet!

I had a great time meeting up with old friends and a great time meeting new ones.

I'm in for next year. If you haven't done Moab yet, start planning now and I'll see you there in May of 2007. I promise it will be FANTASTIC!!!!!!

Peace.
Tom
tomdietrying

P.S.
Thanks Billy for doing a great job with the pics!

[Velvis]

OK, y'all are certifiable. Great pics. I want a damage report. Who got scraped, dented, who bruised their cladding, etc. More importantly I want to know where you'll go for new body panels. I am suddenly in need of lots of them.

velvishttp://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/2/thumbs/sad_velvis.JPG (http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/2/sad_velvis.JPG)

[Moncha]

Those are great! Billy thanks for sharing.
I sure missed going... I'll be there next year.
When I did the first half of Hell's Gate, two years ago, with my Yok AVS's I almost crapped my pants as they did well but not enough for me to do the exit.. Next year I'll have some other bad boys on there..

It's just sucks that I wasn't able to go :( However, I did bust 3 pervs over the week so I'm still pretty happy!

[Ruflyf]

Well I have been avoiding this thread like the plague, because I knew how much it would make me wish I was there. Finally I had to take a look, the # of posts made it too tempting. All I can say is Wow! I am definately going to make next years (this years clashed with sons high school graduation). Hope everyone gets home safely and excellent job to all.

[Triathlete]

I just got home. Found a new route that was much more scenic and saved me an hour and a half as well. We had the second most amount of VXs there this year. Through out the week there were 18 VXs at one time or another. Plus several previous owners and some that left there VX's at home. No one sustained any real damage. Laying mine on the side on the wall of Hells Gate put a few scrapes on the cladding but not to bad (nothing Line-X wounn't fix). It was a great time. I was glad to see some faces from last year and met some new ones this year. I'll have some pics from Steel Bender up later!

[Triathlete]

Here are some pics from Saturdays trip through Steel Bender
The first little bump in the road...as usual taking the tough line :bwgy:
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Zues showed up to run with us the last day
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[Triathlete]

A little ledge to descend
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[Triathlete]

A differant and WAY to tippy line
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The next ledge
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[Triathlete]

Going up ...
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[Triathlete]

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[Triathlete]

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[Triathlete]

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And that concludes my trip pics. I know there were a lot more of you taking pics so post up some more! There is a lot of video floating around also.

So now that those of you that didn't make it are done drooling :_drool: and kicking yourself in the rear, start saving up the hard earned dough and mark your calendar for the 3rd week/weekend of May 2007. Thats right ...the next ZuZoo is only 360 days away (give or take a few).

[ZEUS]

:clap: Well done!!! I'll get mine on here soon.

[yal^]

Thx Billy. Those are some great pictures.

I must say I had a blast. It was great to meet everyone out there and put faces to the nicknames. Great applause to the guys who organized this event; Corbin, Steve G, Steve C, Fernando, Keith and Tia and her dad, Steve, Gilbert, Randii and his lovely wife, Dallas and his mom, Arna, and everyone else who keeps this event going every year.

My pictures and video are coming.
On a side note - Billy, I appreciate mentioning me as a "girl" LOL, just get my nickname straight, It's yal^ not Val. Thank you.

kasia

[nocturnalVX]

On a side note - Billy, I appreciate mentioning me as a "girl" LOL, just get my nickname straight, It's yal^ not Val. Thank you.
kasia

It's Throttle Jockey!!! :naughty:

I'm glad you made it out to Moab Kasia. Told you it'd be worth it!

[Triathlete]

Yal, I actually relized that before your post and had corrected it! And I'll second the throttle jockey! ;eeky; :smack: :thumbup: It was great wheel'in with you and everyone else out there.

[Triathlete]

For those who were not able to stick around for the burgers here is Vlads Moab VIDEO (http://www.planetbantz.com/imghost/isuzu/052306zuzoo9.wmv)
Lots of VXs in it! :thumbup:

[Ldub]

GREAT job on the vid Vlad!!! I like the choice of music & excellent editing.
Watching it brought a huge smile to my face and I think some of the hair on my arms actually stood up too.
Many thanks to you & to you too Billy for posting it.

[Cyrk]

Great Video! Music was very fitting... looks like some crazy FUN!
I want see more videos!

[tomdietrying]

WoW! I would like to second what Larry (Ldub) said. That brought the great memories of Moab right back. Thanks Vlad for making the video and Billy (triathlete) for the post.
Peace.
Tom

[vovkus]

This video just a short preview. I will compile all my Zu Z00 IX video (about 3 hours) on DVD in June. Thanks everybody, who help me on trails!

[Kenny]

All I gotta say is WOW WHAT A RUSH!
I had no idea what to expect, and thought this would be a one time fling...
I'm so kicking myself for not being able to stay for a few more runs, my hair is standing when I saw what I missed. I'm in for next year for sure, and I don't care if it'll be a $1000 for gas to get there!!!!!

Navigation RULES!
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Getting into Moab
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Our Escourt (Kidding)
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Todd showing us newb's why we should carry spare underwear
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My souveniers other than the awsome memories..
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Again, thanks guys for the awsome hospitality and memories, and I'll be back next year for more punishment.

Cheers, eh.

Kenny

[nocturnalVX]

Oh, it KILLS me that I missed another one! :_brickwal

[Ldub]

This is probably gonna make me late for work, but here goes...
I wish to extend a heartfelt :heart: Thank You to all the good people who make this event possible every year. I know if I try to name all those who made this such a great experience for both Jim (poorbastard) & myself, I'll leave someone out, so a BIG thanks to all & I know I can speak for Jim on that!
Also, to all the new friends found out on the trails, thanks for making this such a fantastic time & for taking a couple of "wheelin' noobs" under your collective wing...many of you fall into both categories.
Gotta cut this short, but know if at all possible...WE"LL BE BACK next year! :yesgray:

[biju]

How sweet it was to be able to attend this year... I agree with the folks above. I simply can't say it any better - so thanks! What an amazing time w/ amazing people... Topping it all off I spotted a Benz up and down Lion's Back. I mean, come on! This year rocked...

The countdown begins for Zu X.... ZU "X" PEOPLE! Save your pesos, tell your friends, and get the time off work.

What can I say... I'm hooked.

-biju.

[Locomigo]

Here is a random sampling of what I have with me.

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i118/locomigo/Moab2006025.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i118/locomigo/IMG_2560.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i118/locomigo/3d071.jpg

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http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i118/locomigo/3d035.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i118/locomigo/arches012.jpg

[Locomigo]

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i118/locomigo/Moab2006057.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i118/locomigo/arches053.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i118/locomigo/3d050.jpg

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[MSHardeman]

I'll agree with everyone above. This was my first ZuZoo, but it certainly won't be my last. Everyone who takes the time out of their busy lives to put this thing together should be Sainted. Those guys and gals work hard so the rest of us can show up and have fun.

It was great to meet everyone and put names to faces. Because of the VX I felt like I knew everyone (at least a little) already, so it wasn't like making new friends, but getting reaquainted with old ones.

Vlad, excellent job on the video. When I heard the song I just about cried laughing.

I was there at Lion's Back with biju, getting the ML up and down. I have to say that that was quite an experience. My knees gave out a couple of times and I just had to sit down. I have no idea how Tone stayed so calm in the drivers seat. I've got a lot of pictures, and some video, of the event that I need to post.

Should we start a ZuZoo IX gallery so everyone can post pictures to it?

See you all next year, if not sooner.

[Ldub]

Great shots LOCO...you should be working for a postcard company...just beautiful! :yeso:

[Locomigo]

Thanks but those are all Tia. she takes a good photo, and now with a decent camera she can.

BTW, thanks for the use of the air/impact to get that nut off the output shaft on my tcase. Tia's dad, Steve, was who did that with ya.. but I wanted to thank you again.

[Ldub]

Always glad to help out wherever I can...it's a karma thing, Steve helped me with my skid plate the previous evening. I always like to keep my "karma account" as flush as possible...life just goes better for me that way. :yeso:

[Randii]

Awesome pics -- and always good to see old friends there, and meet new ones. Special thanks (apologies?) to Kasia, whose seat I always seemed to pach around any campfire. :p

You may have already seen it, but there's a post over at 4x4Wire with links to photos and Vlad's awesome video: http://www.4x4wire.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=886364&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=14&fpart=1#Post887613
A little under a minute into that video, we see Billy hop on a rocker to provide a little ballast, and then there are a coupla guys hanging from a roof rail -- you all need to exercise less and start lifting more pizza and beer to make better ballast! :p

I'm already jonesing for next year!

Randii

[Triathlete]

That was me (again :deady: )and Jack hanging on (and getting a nice lift) to the rear of Don's VX. That was a VERY tippy line! As a matter of fact I opted to drop of the big ledge (of course I have a bit of lift) rather than get that tippy!
Can't wait to see the FULL video Vlad.

[Tone]

Everyone was great and the new faces became old friends in a matter of minutes. Kudos to all the first timers who took the chance and are now much better equipped and confident to go offroad (all thanks to Todd for his encouragement and experience that made it happen with no damage). And my personal thanks to Mark and Biju who made Lion's Back a reality for me, even if they kept telling me I shouldn't be doing it! Here are some of Mark's pics/vids of the event. http://www.ccyarchitects.com/clientfiles/Tone/LionsBack.zip

I'll be posting our VX pics (not sure why my 2 fotogs took more pics of them than me;) later tonite and a full video of the LB adventure on my site soon.

[pbkid]

i just wanted to put out a big huge thank you to everyone who helped me out in moab whether it be on the trail, with my car, or with financial matters. thanks especially to don, biju, and larry for hanging out with me and helping me out because i was just by myself.

[Triathlete]

Yep, you are right Zues...that was you hanging there with me.
By the way those are some of the coolest pictures of red X 's I've ever seen! LOL!!!

[Ldub]

Yep, you are right Zues...that was you hanging there with me.
By the way those are some of the coolest pictures of red X 's I've ever seen! LOL!!!

Phew,
I thought I was the only one seeing red X's...

[ZEUS]

Yep, you are right Zues...that was you hanging there with me.


Even Don called me Jack once - maybe I'll just change my name.


By the way those are some of the coolest pictures of red X 's I've ever seen! LOL!!!

ARGGHHHH!! That's the third time I have tried posting those pics - they showed up last night just fine! Hmmm... I'll have to figure it out later; I have to work.

[Locomigo]

ARGGHHHH!! That's the third time I have tried posting those pics - they showed up last night just fine! Hmmm... I'll have to figure it out later; I have to work.

They would show up for you as they are cached on your machine. Yahoo does not foster hot linking/img tags from those directories.
Photo bucket does and works out well. They even provide you with the img tags so you simply need to cut/paste them into the reply.

Just a suggestion. Good luck,
Keith

[yal^]

Randii, you are very welcome, and no apologies necessary. I was having most fun chasing you off my seats ;)

Great pictures everyone. I still have tones of tape to edit. Something like 3 hours of action, but I have my last final on Saturday, so I'll play with editing later. I will also have a problem with storage, I think. The 8 minutes of tape I edited so far "weighs" over 1GB... If someone has a storage solution for me, don't hesitate to shout my way...

No, back to books.

[Tone]

Our pics:
http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8Cbtm7duyZsxa&notag=1

[climbcovey]

Great video work! Makes me feel like I was there. Maybe next year, I will have vacation time then!!!!!

[ZEUS]

http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/6074/moab20060814pc.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://www.imageshack.us/)

TEST - Is there just a red X?!?!?!

[Ldub]

Nope...Great pic!

[ZEUS]

Thanks! I'll keep 'em coming then.


http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/5629/moab20060398aq.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://www.imageshack.us/)

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/6246/moab20060490re.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://imageshack.us/index.php)

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/6649/moab20060608nz.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://imageshack.us/index.php)

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http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8589/moab20060804rt.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://imageshack.us/index.php)

[ZEUS]

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/5305/moab20060612qn.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://imageshack.us/index.php)

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/5512/moab20060488fi.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://imageshack.us/index.php)

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/562/moab20060795lm.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://imageshack.us/index.php)

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/153/moab20060525dx.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://imageshack.us/index.php)

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/6073/moab20060633qh.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://imageshack.us/index.php)
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/1630/moab20060878cp.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://imageshack.us/index.php)

[ZEUS]

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/248/moab20060548he.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://imageshack.us/index.php)
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/1426/moab20060581uw.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://imageshack.us/index.php)

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/9126/moab20060708dh.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://imageshack.us/index.php)

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/4025/moab20060449en.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://imageshack.us/index.php)

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/1605/moab20060842ta.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://imageshack.us/index.php)

[innercore]

Most impressive! :cool:

[WyldWeasel]

Wow! You all rawk! I am utterly humbled by the quality of photos here. I have only a day's worth of pix, and most of those aren't any where near as fantastic as these. I am also having trouble sorting out graphix programs in order to size the pix so they'll post here. There's a reason I went into screenwriting as opposed to cinematography. BUT...

I do want to send out a heartfelt THANK YOU! to all those great VX'rs I met at Moab, as well as to Locomigo and the rest of the Zu Zoo staff and all the others who drove their Isuzu's (and Benzes and Jeeps and Dodges) on the trails with me. It was an awesome trip, even tho I had to cut it short for family reasons. As my brother the Mad Irishman said, as we were returning to town after the VX only run: "Weasel, this is your new fraternity!"

[Spike]

Those are incredible shots!

I admit, a few of them have me thinkng about the potential damage that could occur when someone bites off more than they can chew.

But I am in awe and a lil' jealous...

So, next year anyone wanna try live video feed via EvDO laptop card?
:cool:

[Locomigo]

Those are incredible shots!

I admit, a few of them have me thinkng about the potential damage that could occur when someone bites off more than they can chew.

But I am in awe and a lil' jealous...

So, next year anyone wanna try live video feed via EvDO laptop card?
:cool:


Nope! Make the trip and you wont have to rely on live vid.

You WONT be sorry.

[Swordy]

I agree, Awsome pics. I wanted to be there sooo bad. Hope Billy didnt scratch up his truck coming up the V notch. That looks awful darn close.

[Triathlete]

Only a few scrapes on the cladding from gently laying on the wall on Hells Gate. :naughty: Gave Larry a real good view of the rock! ;ooy;

[etlsport]

thats why i love the cladding! just a few days ago i was parallel parking when i heard the worst sound ever (CRUNCH) i got out and realized there was a tree stump that had conviently hidden itself under my windows... tore the hell out of the stump and left a very small scratch on the cladding that my friend claims im making up because he doesnt see it.. :)

[ZEUS]

Bump! For easy calendar pic browsing.

[tomdietrying]

Great idea ZEUS!
Peace.
Tom

[Ldub]

Another bump...for those thinking of attending for the first time, check out all the fun you'll be missing.
Take the time to peruse the entire thread with tons of pics & witty comments... :p.
Be sure not to miss the link to Vlads video in post #71 by Triathlete...the link takes you to planetbantz, click on the vid. archives & find Moab Zuzoo IX then click the 11.3 meg tag @ the bottom. :cool:

[biju]

Ah yes... the memories. Tis what fuels the desire to go again and again and again!!!! So much damn fun!

-biju.

[Ldub]

Nice avatar Beej...yer not turnin' from pirate to zombie on us are ya ???

Whut with all this somnambulatin' & the new avatar, ya got me a little worried. ;)

[biju]

hahaha... nah, got the same as a tatoo on my person. just givin' the new avatar a try as I've had the same one since joining this site. It might stay - I dunno yet. I really like the Domo-kun avatar...

So, on the Moab Zu front, tonight I just took a look back at the albums I have in iPhoto of ZuZoo - man... chills I tell ya, CHILLS!

I heard last year that the Portal Campground was closing down? (anybody else hear that rumor last year?) anyways - I just pinged them and Don the manager reaffirmed they're open for business as usual. I might tent it this year instead of the hotel route. We'll see...

Wonder if we'll get a ZuZoo countdown module on the homepage?

-biju.

[Triathlete]

Portal is a nice campground to stay at if it is still open. Very friendly people. Last year the manager told us it was being 'dozed to make way for a class A motor home park...so make sure they still have tent sites. ZuZoo is going to probably be HQ'd at the Archview (http://www.archviewresort.com/) camp site.
I won't be there this year (Hawaii Ironman is hopefully calling my name) but I've stayed informed. Next year I'll be back!

Glad this post is still inspiring people....hopefully some new VXers will get to experience it. But plan on staying for more than just the VX run...after experiencing it you WILL want to stay for more!