big bear may08

[randver]

i will leave the event report up to someone else better at writing them.
heres a link to all my pics. hopefully someone will do a good report and post up more pics.

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee94/docadw/offroad/bigbear%20may08

[Marc P]

Once again the San Diego Crew put on a great event. With the exception of freezing evenings with no campfires and a little body damage sustained by some, the weekend was perfect. Had a good mix of vehicles with a 1st gen pickup, a bunch of 4runners, 1 Tacoma, and 2 Heeps.

We ran Gold Mountain and John Bull, both of which were harder than in years past.

"Camp Yota"
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Gold Mtn.
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I hit a tree on John Bull
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Sean hit a rock on JB
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The kids had a blast on the rope swing and rocks at camp
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[Seanz0rz]

i arrived up at camp on friday, about 7pm. i took a different entrance, and stumbled on one of the most beautiful roads i have ever been on:
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friday night was pretty cold, and most of us staggered off to bed relatively early. Saturday morning we awoke and got to the head of Gold Mountain literally seconds before the jeep group got there. This trail was relatively uneventful for the most part, besides mikey getting hung up on a huge rock.
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once we finished Gold Mountain, we went back to camp for a quick lunch, then headed out to John Bull.
here are a bunch of pics of people going up the gate keeper:
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after John Bull, we returned to camp for a slightly early dinner, which was excellent thanks to everyone who brought what they brought!!! good times... hahaha. i bailed out early, it was cold and windy, and somewhere on john bull when i hit my front bumper on a big rock, i hurt my back a bit.

now for the carnage report:

Gold Mountain: i lost my FM antenna from the fender. the spot welded bracket on the inner fender finally fatigued the metal so much, it fell off, with a nice round piece of inner fender still attached. guess its time to do the taco whip mod.
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on John Bull, i took a bad line, and ended up crushing my right front door, and denting my slider a bit. i can pop most of the dent out, and i was planning on painting from the body line crease down soon, so not a huge loss, but still pissed as hell.
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and somewhere else on the trail i managed to hit the other side of my rear bumper:
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beyond that, lots of scraped skids and sliders, used the front bumper a couple of times, and managed to hurt my back on the trail, rendering me unwilling to sleep on a plank of wood another night. plus it was cold.

as always, had a blast with the socal crew! i always have so much fun with you guys! nice meeting people i havent met before, and i look forward to the next wheeling trip with you guys! you all rock!!!


ps, if anyone has pictures of me crunching my door, id like full size copies! PM me!

[YotaGirl]

Looks like everyone had a good. I really wish I could have made it up there.

[YotaFun]

The more I see the event of all of you out west, the more I can't wait to move out there.
Looks like a blast!
Thanks for sharing!

[freejake3]

What a killer weekend!!! Good to meet some new folks and get to know others better. Mikey - thanks for the welt in my arm. I will be bringing my semi-auto air gun next time and you will go down.

Gold Mtn. is always a good warm-up run and proved to be just that for the main event of John Bull. There was more traffic then I remember but all went well and we all got our share of love from JB. Once again I saved my truck from certain sheetmetal death due to my sliders and rear-bumper. We will have to make this an annual event but try next time to figure in some heating arrangements. HOT ROCKS RULE. Speaking of hot rocks - how many of us are now feeling the effects of that granite?

These are a poor attempt at pictures but I'm just not that guy. BTW - nice pics so far from those that can multi-task.

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And who can forget our neighbor in the "Tent Majal". THis thing was freakin awesome and only starts at 14g. Apparently this one topped out at 18.5.

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[Marc P]

Hot rocks do rule, but I do have 4 small burns on my left hand.

Mikey has a wingnut burn to prove his screen name :asshat:

[Marc P]

I got a shot of the "Tent Majal" too...my daughter swears that they live there.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b251/MarcP1971/Big%20Bear08/bigbear08024.jpg

[Scooter25]

It's nice to see that the rest of you don't share my total inability to use a camera. Awesome shots everyone. Great meeting you all. I had a blast and can't wait for the next trip.\
:clap: Hooraayy Hot Rocks!!! :clap:

[slosurfer]

Looks like I missed out on another fun trip. :( NIce pics, I can't wait to run John Bull. Is Holcomb Creek open? Looks like you guys had a blast. When is the next BB trip?

[randver]

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m253/affinis/BB2008/P5030205.jpg


lol im so glad i got that flag it makes all the pics look better lol. cant wait to see it marking are camp in the desert.

[freejake3]

You ain't lying. Thanks again for bringing it.

[ttora4runner]

lol. Looks like it was a great time. :thumbup:

Are you all going to be heading up there again later this year?? I was going to try and make the toyota invintational up there next week but all the spots where fulled.

[Seanz0rz]

we usually go up sometime in august.

[Tankota]

It was a blast for sure! Man I love Big Bear now. I know Heidi had an awesome time too; even after getting caught in the cross fire.

Mikey - Tell Fish that Heidi is buying a full auto air soft shotgun for next year :hillbill:

[Seanz0rz]

...even after getting caught in the cross fire.

Mikey - Tell Fish that Heidi is buying a full auto air soft shotgun for next year :hillbill:


something tells me i left at JUST the right time on saturday night...

[freejake3]

You kidding me - this was first thing on Sunday morning!!!!

I wanted to thank everyone for doing their part with the potluck on Sat night. It turned out awesome. Mikey - thanks for bringing the carne for Friday night - it was killer.

Next BB trip will be in August.

[tour4fun]

I just wanted to say a big thank you to the organizers. I had a really good time :).

[freejake3]

No problem. Glad you made it and enjoyed Gold Mtn. I think your decision regarding John Bull was a smart move. Next time.

[wifesaysimadumbass]

oh gosh wer'e all going to be a bunch airsoft commandos next time.... i had a blast wish my camera wasn't dead or i would have had some good pics do you guys have a web addy for that adventure 4x4 i looked but could not find the right one

[Seanz0rz]

http://adventure4x4.net/

i still see no trail report there. was looking forward to pictures, seems the only one who got pics of me was the one of the guys with the jeeps.

[wifesaysimadumbass]

i was looking on the right site then i just couldn't find any pics so i guess they weren't posted oh well

[Marc P]

I started a thread over there tonight. Hopefully Brayden (blue Rubi) will post up his pics. Here is the link to his website

http://www.hiredassassinphotos.com/

[wifesaysimadumbass]

dude that is a sweet site that brayden has i will check out the thread you posted up

[Tankota]

Right after Mikey left camp on Sunday morning a ranger rolled up and I got tagged for not having an adventure pass. I told him how we came up really late on Friday and couldn't get one on the way in. He was really cool though and I just have to buy a pass and mail in the serial number.
He also told me that you don't actually have to get a fire permit before hand, you can just get one from any ranger if one happens to come by.

I think Heidi (aka Goodwill) :P took some pictures too, Ill see if I can get her to upload a few.

[randver]

i was looking over and cleaning up my 4runner today and it looks like i got more damage then i thought. when i dented my bumper the top got drove into my body and put a crease in the body at the top of the bumper. and on the last rock section coming down johnbull i came down hard on a tow hook which bent my frame some. good thing there at the end of my frame.

[freejake3]

Nice......I had to get two hinges to replace those on my camper shell window. Apparently I landed rather square on the rear bumper and cracked one. 50$ later and it's ready for some more field testing. Just the price of fun I guess.

SOunds like it's time for a rear bumper Anthony. Come to think of it, the runners took some serious rear bumper hits huh?

[ecchamberlin]

Looks like fun guys. Carnage!

[wifesaysimadumbass]

i actually looked at my gas tank skid and i think that after i straightened it with with my winch that it is straighter then it was before the trip

[Tankota]

i actually looked at my gas tank skid and i think that after i straightened it with with my winch that it is straighter then it was before the trip


Since Mikey ended up with a negative carnage score, that lowers our group average for the weekend. It still doesnt cancel out Seans door though. :D

[wifesaysimadumbass]

yeah considering seans door was partially due to my spotting

[Seanz0rz]

yeah considering seans door was partially due to my spotting
waits patiently for check....

i dont think ill be holding my breath too much though... hahahaha


no worries mikey, watching you burn your hands on hot rocks is repayment enough....

OVEGLOVE II - The Rock's Revenge

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[Tankota]

^ The one on the right looks like Mikey before he got his hair cut. Back in the hippie days.

[Seanz0rz]

mikey had tits? awesome!

[Tankota]

Yea, strange things happen when all you do all day is sit around and smoke stuff. But then he started working out again and they went away. :P

[freejake3]

You guys are way too funny. You're supposed to post MIkey's pictures on the Off-Topic thread. lol
WHere are those pics from Brayden?????????????

[Seanz0rz]

exactly, i konw for a fact he has one of my face as im crunching sheet metal...

[wifesaysimadumbass]

for the record i never sat around all day and smoked stuff nor did i have moobs... i always took my stuff to go and yes i did have hair that long

[freejake3]

Time to check Off-Topic boys...........and thus it begins again

[elripster]

Rad trip. I wish I could have made it though it can be hairy without sliders. I used mine on my old '89 quite a bit running JB. That's definitely a fun trail.

Frank

[Tankota]

Oops! Its just too easy to slip into the ribbing mode on the wrong thread. We just have such an awesome group thats all :hillbill:

[Marc P]

Braden has the pics posted on his site......

http://www.hiredassassinphotos.com/

He got some great shots!!

[Marc P]

If you want copies of the pics Braden took, contact him through his website and he will send them to you.

[slosurfer]

Nice pics and good music too! :thumbup:

[ttora4runner]

we usually go up sometime in august.



Cool. I wouldn't mind going at the beginning of aug (or sooner), due to a trip I'm taking to ouray, co

[Marc P]

He got some great pics....here are a couple of my favorites


http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b251/MarcP1971/IMG_8574.jpg

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[freejake3]

Nice pics on his site. Marc - are you buying those or does he just send them to you?

[Marc P]

there is no charge for the pics. just ask him and he sends them.