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  1. 01/13/2007, 06:37 PM #1
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    Charouleau Gap trip report and pics!

    Victor (VCamilo) with Stephanie and I met up in Oracle, Az. this morning. The clouds were in the sky and it was cold (by southern Arizona standards). As we were airing down at the trail entrance a light snow began to fall. Not enough to stick. There was no dust toay...just mud!...and rocks!
    So lets get started...
    Somewhere near the start






    Starting up the "elevator shaft"...a long steep climb
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    The upper part of the shaft


    Just some more desert scenery




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    Canada Del Oro River...with rare desert water!


    Playing in the rocky river bed




    Sporting my new liscence plate
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    Looks like lots of fun, with great scenery Billy. Wish I could have been there...

    Will miss you at Zu this year. Victor - you planning on making it?

    -biju.

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    Next obstacle was "the step". I gave it several tries but was denied!
    The pics do it no justice...it is steep and kept pitching my front drivers side tire into the air.






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    The strap had Victor on the other end to keep me from going over




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    Back in the river bed




    This sign was 8ish miles into the trail...just in case you haven't figured it out by this point


    Potty break!
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    And this little jem was on the way out :_drool:


    Victor should have some more pics. I will post the video once I get it all sorted out.
    I only got stuck once! Required a bit of a tug with the strap to get un-high centered! But hey, you haven't been wheeling until you've been on the recieving end of a strap

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    Thumbs up

    Dude's already got some calendar photos ready for NEXT year!

    Nice work!
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    As promised...Here is the VIDEO
    Unfortunately the host quality isn't to great.
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    Great pictures and amazing video!
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