Moab in March

[Fishwerks]

Prepare for the picture dump. I'm posting mainly pictures the 3rd gens since this is a 4runner forum.

Before I get too far here are the specs of the trucks that were there:
3rd Gens
[MENTION=82211]TCMach[/MENTION] - fully armored, 285s and locked rear
Black 3rd gen - no aftermarket armor, 33x12.5x15 on 3.5" backspace wheels or so, 3" suspension and 1" BL
Myself - front bumper, 285s and locked rear

1st gen Xterra
[MENTION=99691]Jorgan[/MENTION] - fully armored, 33x10.5x15, locked front

Jeeps
TJ - 2" lift, front/rear bumpers, gas tank skid, front sway bar discos, locked front, 30x9.5x15
XJ - 2" lift, ARB diff covers, home-brew gas tank skid, front sway bar discos, 30x9.5x15

Stock Trucks
Taco (1st gen)
GMC Sierra I think, plate front bumper, otherwise stock

We drove out to Moab Saturday, some during the day, the XJ and myself left around 9 pm and rolled into camp around 4 am I think.

Sunday we ran Hell's Revenge with all 8 trucks. I ran this trail last year with the TJ and XJ but we skipped all the optional stuff basically. Did a few of the harder (not hardest!) lines and some opted to do tip-over challenge and one of the easy hot tubs. Everyone *****ed out on Hell's Gate, I really thought I was going to at least try it but that obstacle has a big scare factor :hiding:


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My buddy in the XJ zip-tied some truck nuts to my hitch right before we drove out, so I just rolled with it until they fell off.

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IMG_3251 by FR4R, on Flickr

Meeting one of those big ass Hummers at the top of the hill - sketch

IMG_3255 by FR4R, on Flickr


IMG_3276 by FR4R, on Flickr

Couldn't get up this line, and managed to jam my hitch against a rock really well so that was fun. I'm itching for a rear bumper now.

IMG_3300 by FR4R, on Flickr


DSC02394 by FR4R, on Flickr


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Hell's Gate - like I said no one ran it. But we ate lunch at the lookout up there.

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Horrible views

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DSC02443 by FR4R, on Flickr

Dude in a TJ on 35s and ARB lockers front/rear did this steep climb in 2 tries, the TJ with us did it first try, and I couldn't get up it :dammit:

IMG_3376 by FR4R, on Flickr

 

[Fishwerks]

Hell's Revenge II

Easy Hot Tub

DSC02466 by FR4R, on Flickr

More ugly mountain views

DSC02459 by FR4R, on Flickr

3rd gen party at Whale's Tail

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IMG_3462 by FR4R, on Flickr


IMG_3467 by FR4R, on Flickr

Stock trucks down Whale's Tail

IMG_3447 by FR4R, on Flickr


IMG_3454 by FR4R, on Flickr

Tip-Over Challenge

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Got the XJ through Tip-Over Challenge without lockers

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Xterra didn't want to get through this spot, which is why the obstacle has it's name, we had to hang 3 people off his bumper so he didn't roll at one point, it was sketch. He backed down it and everyone else was a little gun shy after watching that happen, so only 3 of us did it.

DSC02562 by FR4R, on Flickr

Dogs had fun (my girlfriend is driving, that's not my pony tail)

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IMG_3204 by FR4R, on Flickr

Pictures of the other trails to come later.

 

[NateMob]

WOOHOO! Looking good buds!

 

[Fishwerks]

Trifecta

Time for Trifecta pictures.

Day 2 was Trifecta which is Poison Spider Mesa, Golden Spike and Gold Bar Rim ran together. For some reason we thought we could bail after Golden Spike and only run 2 trails. Wrong. Had to run all 3 so all of Gold Bar Rim was done in the dark. Good excuse for aux light usage ( [MENTION=82211]TCMach[/MENTION] and his rock lights) but that means no good pictures of that trail and the fun obstacles like Body Snatcher. The only damage from this run on all 6 trucks (left the Taco and GMC behind) was that the XJ smacked his muffler and had to take it off because it was clamped on instead of welded. I'll take that damage for this run, these trails are definitely some of the most challenging I've ran.

Poison Spider
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Tyler apparently I have no pictures of you on the ledge above…my bad.

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Dog lurkin
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dat ass
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Duratrac squish
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After all the fun stuff on Poison Spider
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Good lunch spot
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Now onto Golden Spike - Launch Pad
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Best picture I could get to show how steep Launch Pad is
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Some unnamed steep hill
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Went and drove into this void in the slick rock, there was a sign that said "Where Eagles Dare". This was off the main Golden Spike trail.
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[Fishwerks]

Trifecta - Golden Spike continued

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Dog getting tired - rare occurrence
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Time for the money shots - Golden Crack.

View from the crack
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Tyler dropping in
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My turn
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Tire lift
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On the way out
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[Fishwerks]

The damage from Golden Crack
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Big one on the corner is new, the one just up from it was from last year in Moab
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Getting dark, lots more trail to do
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No more pictures from the rest of Golden Spike. We needed to make better time. Once we reached the top of Golden Spike, which was kind of difficult to navigate to as it's not that well marked, it was totally dark out. Break out the aux lights

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That's all the pictures I have of Trifecta. We hit Gold Bar Rim at dark and navigated through the 4 mile trail in about 1.5 hours, much better time than we made the first two trails. I wish we had pictures of some of the ledges and Body Snatcher; that obstacle was sketchy but pretty cool.

Hit the Denny's in Moab at like midnight for some food then headed back to the campsite.

 

[TCMach]

Sweet pics [MENTION=78892]FR4R[/MENTION] I already raided the flickr account for my own pictures haha.

Some rock light pron. This was taken on golden staircase on golden spike.

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Oh and my squish because you didnt upload it because your jelly of the MTZs
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[Fishwerks]

Oh and my squish because you didnt upload it because your jelly of the MTZs
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I don't think I had that picture?? But yes, jelly.

 

[sn0wrunner]

Looks like fun fellas. :thumb3:

Any pics of the camp set up?

 

[Fishwerks]

[MENTION=21950]sn0wrunner[/MENTION]

Here are a couple of the campsite

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Plenty of room there and the only people around are over a hill in the other campsite.

 

[rickashay]

Thanks for the Moab stoke guys, looks like you had a blast!

I'll be running Hell's Revenge and Trifecta also... Curious, what time did you guys hit the trail in the morning for Trifecta? I'd rather get a super early start and be able to run most of it in the daytime.

 

[2014 Warthog]

Awesome! And scarey!

I need some training before I get there! Training... and bumpers!

 

[Fishwerks]

Thanks for the Moab stoke guys, looks like you had a blast!

I'll be running Hell's Revenge and Trifecta also... Curious, what time did you guys hit the trail in the morning for Trifecta? I'd rather get a super early start and be able to run most of it in the daytime.

Glad to see you still checking in around here! We started Trifecta around 10am probably. I'd say start it at more like 7 or 8 in the morning. We went pretty slow between taking photos and spotting too, so if you run trails quickly you shouldn't have a problem finishing it in the light.

Awesome! And scarey!

I need some training before I get there! Training... and bumpers!

Thanks for checking the photos out. Definitely plan a trip out there sometime. It's an amazing part of the country for wheeling and for the scenery.

 

[Fishwerks]

And video

<iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/91182943" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/91182943">Spring Break on the Slickrock</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user26634013">Chris W</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>