You would have a non-VX lead the run???Originally Posted by pbkid
Anyway, there is no way I could fill the airwaves with fun facts like Todd...I'm usually too worried about staying on the correct trail.
Super VXer
You would have a non-VX lead the run???
Anyway, there is no way I could fill the airwaves with fun facts like Todd...I'm usually too worried about staying on the correct trail.
95 Trooper with a buncha stuff nobody here cares about...
Super VXer
Oh no, you mean to tell me there aren't neat little park signs saying things like:
"Fins and Things" fine seafood dining ahead 500yds.
"Dome Plateau" Please don't feed the bald headed old men
"Colorado River" 500yds (straight down)
"Kane Creek" feel free to use crutches
"Hell's Revenge" tacos and other mexican food next exit
"Poison Spyder" Ahead 50yds...keep your windows rolled up
"Rest Area" next exit (next Rest Area 5 miles)
"Slower Traffic and Jeeps right lane only"
"Amber Alert" Missing Proton VX w/too much off-set
warning driver has dementia and will insist he is not lost....
So I said to myself, I said "Handee"
and this voice came back and said..
"He's not in, may we take a message?"
Super VXer
you may not be too good at filling the radio waves with information. but you definately know your way around.... you havent steered me wrong every time i've followed you yet.
dont worry... with 20 VX'ers im sure we can fill the radio waves with useless info to keep everyone entertained.
"Do Not Seek Praise. Seek Criticism."
"If You Can't Solve A Problem, It's Because You're Playing By The Rules."
"The Perosn Who Doesn't Make Mistakes Is Unlikely To Make Anything."
-Paul Arden
Super VXer
Hell, we haven't even picked a trail yet!
Billy Oliver
15xIronman
My Sponsors:
Accelerate3Coaching
TriSports.com (PM me for 1 time use 20% off code)
Super VXer
May I suggest a "bunny hill" type trail that mostly stock first timers can traverse easily...Hell, we haven't even picked a trail yet!
Last edited by Ldub : 02/13/2010 at 04:34 AM
Super VXer
helldorado it is then!May I suggest a "bunny hill" type trail that mostly stock first timers can traverse easily...
Super VXer
Oh H3LL yeah...I don't think anyone cares who/what's in the lead, as long as we don't get lost too often...
Super VXer
OK, well we're not doing Fins 'n Things then... although I don't think I've ever gotten lost more than once there...but always at least once!Oh H3LL yeah...I don't think anyone cares who/what's in the lead, as long as we don't get lost too often...
Well let's talk about this, whether I lead or not. [gets out new, 2nd edition, spiral bound, Guide to Moab, UT Backroads & 4-wheel Drive Trails
I was thinking of going to Elephant Hill again, love that trail...but you guys did it a few years ago. If you guys could keep moving along we could go do the Joint Trail hike along the way, very cool. But I suspect with a group that large it would be problematic to do all that without getting back very late.
I've never done Top of the World, have you guys?
Thompson Canyon/Polar Mesa looks interesting, climbs to 8000 feet in the La Sal mountains, and starts on Onion Creek Road which offers a bunch of creek crossings early on.
Chicken Corners or Bull Canyon might be good choices.
Hey Joe Canyon might be good, except for likely brush scratches...
Thoughts?
Super VXer
I've always wanted to do Top of the World!!
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
Chi Dog...Dog is my Co-pilot
Onward thru the fog
Leave it BETTER than you found it!
Super VXer
just my 2 cents.....but...
a creek crossing trail probably isnt the best thing to do for the newbie's as that generally creates 'pin-striping' that some may not want on their ride.. (i dont give a crap, i just got done ripping my mirror off)
but thats just what i think...how bout hell's revenge?? easy trail, has some challenges... stock VX should have no problems at all...always a good one for newbs (i know we have all done it a bazillion times, but for the new guys its a legendary trail)
or poison spider?? their are bypasses around anything crazy on that trail...
Super VXer
Did Top of the World a couple of Moab's ago, and it is fairly easy. I don't remember there being anything that a stock VX couldn't handle. I remember it being relatively short too (compaired to some all day VX runs of years past).
Hell's Revenge isn't too bad, but the first obsticle (mini Lion's Back) freaked the crud out of me so I would think a first timer would really wig out. I also seem to remember some long climbs that the VX can handle, but could be a little unsettling to newbies.
Just my two cents, but I'm up for anything.....almost.
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong, it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair."
-Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless
Super VXer
I was a noob and stock...I can't even recall that obstacle....maybe was just so intoxicated with the cool scenery and everything was new to me. Rubble trouble at the end of Hell's Revenge was the only part I recall as being that challenging for stock height. Didn't someone say they changed/re-routed the end of that trail and rubble trouble is no more?
VX KAT
....the adventure BEGINS ANEW! ...2015......
Remember that life is not measured in the breaths you take, but rather in the moments that take your breath away.
Super VXer
The creek crossings on Onion Creek Road are on an actual dirt road, no brush to cause striping. Maybe some angst for the buff 'n shine sorts though...
Super VXer
I know technically we're not supposed to formally pick trails here, but if you email me a few options, I'll plug the waypoints into my GPS from the "BOOK" and help out.
I didn't get quite lost on fins n things a few years back...
not for too long anyways...
OK, well we're not doing Fins 'n Things then... although I don't think I've ever gotten lost more than once there...but always at least once!
Well let's talk about this, whether I lead or not. [gets out new, 2nd edition, spiral bound, Guide to Moab, UT Backroads & 4-wheel Drive Trails
I was thinking of going to Elephant Hill again, love that trail...but you guys did it a few years ago. If you guys could keep moving along we could go do the Joint Trail hike along the way, very cool. But I suspect with a group that large it would be problematic to do all that without getting back very late.
I've never done Top of the World, have you guys?
Thompson Canyon/Polar Mesa looks interesting, climbs to 8000 feet in the La Sal mountains, and starts on Onion Creek Road which offers a bunch of creek crossings early on.
Chicken Corners or Bull Canyon might be good choices.
Hey Joe Canyon might be good, except for likely brush scratches...
Thoughts?
Super VXer
Heh, I don't think I have heard of anybody not getting lost, at least a little, leading FnT. Fortunately when I got lost I was able to discover and correct my error pretty quickly. But somebody GPS savvy along wouldn't hurt...I know technically we're not supposed to formally pick trails here, but if you email me a few options, I'll plug the waypoints into my GPS from the "BOOK" and help out.
I didn't get quite lost on fins n things a few years back...
not for too long anyways...
BTW do you have the 2nd edition? I believe all the waypoints have been updated and improved.
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
