off-roading in Utah

[rowhard]

Something to wet your appetite for MOAB. On Speed Channel Wednesday, the program Dangerous Drives will air at 6 pm Pacific time. It is about off-roading in Utah. Am sure it will be much more serious off road compared to what the VX Meet is like, but for those that have never been,... well, you'll get the itch I'm sure. It is a thrill and you will get to meet some great people and be able to put faces to names.

[Triathlete]

Thanks for the heads up...setting the DVR!

[VX KAT]

It was great! Was a week long trip throughout Canyonlands/Moab, some 480 miles, during the snowiest period in 39 yrs, so it was just blanketed in snow. One part was on a real narrow shelf road that was pretty hairy.

American Expedition Vehicles out of Missoula, MT does ground up modifications of Jeeps and they were doing a field test of a Jeep they'd just done massive mods on. They also had along two other of their heavily modded Jeeps, one that was turned into a pickup- called the "Brute", and one Land Rover Disco.

Scott Brady, the publisher of Overland Journal, lives right here in Prescott and he was one of the 4 drivers.

It showed driving through virgin 12" snow, and several occasions they had to use a winch. It was really a great show. Although I won't be driving in the snow & ice up there any time soon, thank you.

It repeats several times...even though it's snow, it'll still getcha psyched for Moab!

[Riff Raff]

Ditto VX-KAT. I watched it too, and the show was pretty awesome. Excellent photography and scenary. The highly modified Jeep called "The Brute" seemed to be nearly unstoppable and was the leader of the pack breaking the trail ahead for the others. Thanx ROWHARD for the advance heads-up, as I would have missed the TV broadcast without your prior notification.

[rowhard]

Sandy and I are watching it now. Sue, did you have some flashbacks? We sure as hell did

[VX KAT]

Sandy and I are watching it now. Sue, did you have some flashbacks? We sure as hell did

Yeah, glad we go in May! Couldn't imagine doing slickrock in snow or ice....

[rowhard]

For those of you that missed this program, it will be aired again on 4/4/10, Speed Channel at 8 pm. I assume that is eastern time. Anyway, watch it or have a friend record it on their DVR. Well worth it even if it is hollywood-ised some what.