Recent content by Jimmy_D

I've been 3 or 4 times but haven't been in awhile. It was always a lot of fun. Hilly terrain over there in East Texas. Hopefully it won't rain much during the event since the trails can get very muddy if that happens. I let Jason Demello (Demello Offroad) drive my FJ during one of those events...

Cruise Moab has been going on for a number of years. The Rising Sun Offroad Club in Denver puts it on. I've been and it's a lot of fun. I actually led one of the trail runs (Cliffhanger) one of the years I attended.

Just ran across this pic from Black Bear:

I had a buddy meet me in Telluride one time (we were both in FJ's). We were there to do the Rotary Club's annual Black Bear Pass run going up. When he was going to head back to Dallas we decided to go over Imogene Pass to Ouray and he was going to take off from there. There was another friend...

Most of the folks I've been off-road with are far more uncomfortable going down than up. I took a group on 'Behind The Rocks' in Moab one time and most, if not all, of them had a great deal of experience. It spooked a number of them since most of the extreme obstacles are going down on that...

I've done it twice going up with the Rotary Club in Telluride. I assume they still do it annually but I haven't checked in a long time. It's definitely different going up and you tend to miss the great views that you get heading down.

This is the view of Snowmass Peak from the top of Lead King:

I've probably done Black Bear close to 30 times over the years (twice going up). A buddy of mine and I did Poughkeepsie Gulch/Hurricane Pass/Corkscrew Pass/Black Bear Pass last summer in our FJ's (I've done Black Bear a number of times in my 4-Runner as well). We didn't use a spotter at any...

I've done the Punchbowl countless times over the years. I don't consider it particularly challenging but it does spook a lot of people. Our group did it twice last year. We start in Crested Butte and drive over Kebler Pass then McClure Pass to Marble. We have lunch at the BBQ place in Marble...

Was it out of the way or did it effect your line It was up against the wall next to the pool under the waterfall so it was completely out of the way. Not something I would have expected to see way up there.

A buddy of mine and I did Black Bear not quite 2 weeks before this incident happened. We did Poughkeepsie Gulch, Hurricane Pass and Corkscrew Pass prior to hitting Black Bear. A little ways before where this video begins (which is heading down to the first switchback turn on Black Bear) are what...

Well, I've got you beat in age by 7 years and I still do a lot of fairly extreme off-roading. I have a seriously modified FJ Cruiser (solid axle swap) and a heavily modified 4-runner. Do weekly off-road outings in Crested Butte, CO during the summer and early fall months and go to Moab every few...

I spend summer & early fall at our place in Crested Butte and we have a 4-wheeling group that goes out every Monday June thru September so if anybody happens to be in CB and wants to join us you're more than welcome. This is me on one of our outings:

Definitely Cliffhanger. The pic is of the pinch spot as you get towards the end (it's an out and back trail). I've done it a number of times so I'm imminently familiar with this particular obstacle. HERE are some pic's I posted a while back from Moab with most of them being from Cliffhanger...

I have a 2013 TE that only has 37,000 miles on it so I'll be keeping it for a while. It replaced my 2007 FJ Cruiser as my daily driver. I had the FJ SAS'd and it's my dedicated off-road vehicle, although I do light to moderate wheeling in the 4-Runner from time to time. Here's a pic of the...