Big Bear 7/31 - 8/2 2008

[Seanz0rz]

Just got home and showered. had a wonderful time with everyone, got to meet a few new people.

ran Gold Mountain on Friday and Dishpan Spring and John Bull on Saturday. we i had a little bit of carnage on Dishpan, a result of some faulty spotting and sandy rocks. nothing too major though, just another scratch.

lots of banged up skids and sliders :D

Gold Mountain went off without a hitch. however, we did get stuck behind a bunch of stock vehicles, an h3, xterra, trooper, etc. they had no business on that trail and i think were in way over their heads.

Dishpan springs was very fun! Patrick got to use his winch helping out a land rover that could not make it up the main obstacle. shortly after that i tagged the rear passenger door on a boulder. tiny ding and a lot of missing paint.

We started John Bull late in the day, and finished just as the sun went down. took much longer than i had expected, as i have never led that trail before. i luckily didnt do a repeat of May and scrape up my door. i took the much harder line and although i struggled with it, made it after several attempts. i forgot just how fun this trail is.

Big pine flats campground was very nice. the flies and gnats were HORRIBLE during daylight hours. the camp boss was crazy. nuttier than squirrel turds. other than that, a very nice place to stay!

Here are the few pictures Jenn took with my camera. this is the part of john bull that got my door in may, i took the "harder" line to avoid an encore.

my 4Runner trying to eat Patrick:
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m141/hamiltoncomputers/Big%20Bear%208-1-08/DSC02502.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m141/hamiltoncomputers/Big%20Bear%208-1-08/DSC02503.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m141/hamiltoncomputers/Big%20Bear%208-1-08/DSC02504.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m141/hamiltoncomputers/Big%20Bear%208-1-08/DSC02505.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m141/hamiltoncomputers/Big%20Bear%208-1-08/DSC02506.jpg
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m141/hamiltoncomputers/Big%20Bear%208-1-08/DSC02507.jpg

hopefully you guys can post up better pictures and some video!

had a great time. a huge thank you to those that showed up. you guys are always welcome on any run i ever go on. shame corax is moving soon!

[corax]

I'll get more up soon . . . I still need to unload and take a well needed shower




we i had a little bit of carnage on Dishpan, a result of some faulty spotting and sandy rocks. nothing too major though, just another scratch.


I guess it was the rear door's turn this time, just barely touched to make a scrape and small ding
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk171/batardsalamano/Aug%2008%20Big%20Bear/100_0817.jpg

though I think Sean's heart rate went up a bit more after he adjusted his line got a bit tippy
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk171/batardsalamano/Aug%2008%20Big%20Bear/100_0818.jpg

[Seanz0rz]

boy am i glad i didnt look at those pictures right then, i would have just given up, paid a heli to come pluck me off the trail. i had no idea i was THAT tippy and my back tire was that far off the ground. HAHA. thank god you guys got lots of pictures of that. the one of my door is just spectacular!

[corax]

Much fun was had and we had good luck that there was no breakage or carnage :great:: (sorry Sean, that scratch doesn't count as carnage), the water hole at Dishpan was cleaned up a bit thanks to a spare garbage bag that Jenn and Justin had, and after John Bull beer was consumed :drink: while we told stories of crazy Amazon women holding up the group and old men being dumped in the desert . . .

Pat winching the rover up Dish Pan, I give the guy in the rover props for trying this open/open. After much wheel spinning and metal banging from the undercarriage he got up though
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk171/batardsalamano/Aug%2008%20Big%20Bear/100_0801.jpg

the group after Dish Pan - JnJ - mine - Sean - Patrick's
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk171/batardsalamano/Aug%2008%20Big%20Bear/100_0822.jpg

going into John Bull - I sat out this run because I need my truck to tow my trailer cross country in a month or so, plus I had the only truck without sliders or a rear locker
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk171/batardsalamano/Aug%2008%20Big%20Bear/100_0825.jpg

flexing a bit on the approach to the first obstacle
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk171/batardsalamano/Aug%2008%20Big%20Bear/100_0830.jpg

Pat coming up the first obstacle
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk171/batardsalamano/Aug%2008%20Big%20Bear/100_0837.jpg
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk171/batardsalamano/Aug%2008%20Big%20Bear/100_0839.jpg

Justin made it look too easy with F/R lockers
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk171/batardsalamano/Aug%2008%20Big%20Bear/100_0844.jpg

Sean near the top of the second obstacle, he almost took out the driveshaft on the rock underneath the truck, but a small adjustment and he made it over with an inch to spare -- I never really understood why they put an "Oh $h1t" handle on the driver side before
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk171/batardsalamano/Aug%2008%20Big%20Bear/100_0848.jpg

Warming up the tires for better traction?
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk171/batardsalamano/Aug%2008%20Big%20Bear/100_0856.jpg

[Marc P]

Looks like fun as usual...sucks I had to miss it.

[YotaGirl]

We had a blast this weekend. I'll post up my pictures as soon as I get them loaded onto the computer.

[elripster]

Great pics! I miss SoCal wheeling already.

Frank

[DHC6twinotter]

wow...looks awesome! Wish I was there. :thumbup:

[chrisyota65]

wish i had my truck but it was fun and every one had a fun time and john bull was fun and it had changed a lol after one year but it is still the same and next year when we go up i will lead the group up john bull

[Seanz0rz]

also, huge thanks to jenn for being the organizer this time. everything went as smoothly as possible!

[YotaGirl]

LOL Really, I just got the first post up... you did all the rest! So thank YOU! :)

Ok so I got the still pics loaded up...the real goodies are the videos I took. Those will be up soon. My computer is really slow, so be patient please!

Here are some highlights
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/DSC02842.jpg

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/DSC02845.jpg

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/DSC02853.jpg

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/DSC02854.jpg

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/DSC02880.jpg

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/DSC02911.jpg

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/DSC02832.jpg

the rest of the pics can be found here

http://s191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/

[chrisyota65]

nice pics jenn and thanks for letting me ride with you and justin

[RobG]

Great Pictures, thanks for sharing. Maybe next time...

[freejake3]

Looks like you guys had a great time. How does Dishpan rate compared to the BULL?

[Seanz0rz]

uh, id say the hardest part of dishpan (where i tagged my door) is maybe a little easier than the hard obstacles on john bull.

[YotaGirl]

Update: the videos are done being edited and I'm loading them onto Photobucket now. They should all be up this evening.

[corax]

Update: the videos are done being edited and I'm loading them onto Photobucket now. They should all be up this evening.


Sweet, thanks much.

I'm keeping an eye out for another weekend run somewhere before heading back east. Probably near the end of August or begining of September (I still have a headgasket to replace on the truck). We also might try to co-ordinate with the Yosemite trip, depending on what our timetable ends up looking like (though we would have the full caravan - RV, trailer, wife's car and truck)

[YotaGirl]

Yea! After about 16 hours of work on these...the videos are done!

Justin on Gold Mtn
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/th_JustinonGoldMtn.jpg (http://s191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/?action=view&current=JustinonGoldMtn.flv)

Patrick on Gold Mtn
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/th_PatrickonGoldMtn.jpg (http://s191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/?action=view&current=PatrickonGoldMtn.flv)

Sean on Gold Mtn
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/th_SeanonGoldMtn.jpg (http://s191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/?action=view&current=SeanonGoldMtn.flv)

Crawling up Gold Mtn
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/th_CrawlingupGoldMtn.jpg (http://s191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/?action=view&current=CrawlingupGoldMtn.flv)

Justin finishing the Rockgarden on Gold Mtn
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/th_RockgardenonGoldMtn.jpg (http://s191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/?action=view&current=RockgardenonGoldMtn.flv)

Patrick finishing the Rockgarden
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/th_PatrickontheRockgardenGoldMtn.jpg (http://s191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/?action=view&current=PatrickontheRockgardenGoldMtn.flv)

Here's where we winch the Land Rover
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/th_WinchingtheLandRover.jpg (http://s191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/?action=view&current=WinchingtheLandRover.flv)

Patrick on Dishpan Springs
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/th_PatrickonDishpanSpgs.jpg (http://s191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/?action=view&current=PatrickonDishpanSpgs.flv)

This is the video everyone has been waiting for...Sean almost flopping it on Dishpan Springs
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/th_SeansfirstattempdownDishpanSpgs.jpg (http://s191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/?action=view&current=SeansfirstattempdownDishpanSpgs.flv)

Sean's second attempt at Dishpan Springs
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/th_SeanssecondattemponDishpanSpgs.jpg (http://s191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/?action=view&current=SeanssecondattemponDishpanSpgs.flv)

Keith on Dishpan Springs
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/th_KeithonDishpanSpgs.jpg (http://s191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/?action=view&current=KeithonDishpanSpgs.flv)

Justin on Dishpan Springs
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/th_JustinonDishpanSpgs.jpg (http://s191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/?action=view&current=JustinonDishpanSpgs.flv)

Sean on the Gatekeeper at John Bull
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/th_SeanonGatekeeperJohnBull.jpg (http://s191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/?action=view&current=SeanonGatekeeperJohnBull.flv)

Justin on the Gatekeeper at John Bull
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/th_JustinonGatekeeperJohnBull.jpg (http://s191.photobucket.com/albums/z288/jnjhargrove/UY%20Big%20Bear%20Campout%20August%202008/?action=view&current=JustinonGatekeeperJohnBull.flv)


Hope you guys enjoy them! :)

[Seanz0rz]

dang jenn, NICE!!!

patrick, got any pictures/video? get em up man!

seeing that video of me nearly flopping it makes me want alcohol, and lots of it. phew!

[Marc P]

You didnt almost flop Sean...that was just a cool wheelstand. How many times did you stall Patrick?? I am suprised you dont need a new starter :screwy:

Cool vids....next time Goldmember will be there :flipoff:

[strykersd]

I actually did have some starter problems up at Big Bear, it turns out it was just a loose wire. Yeah I kept stalling on Gold Mountain. Watching the video I realized I just wasn't giving it enough gas. Oh well, I'll definitely be back and I'll try that obstacle again.

I just signed up for a photobucket, hopefully I'll have all my pics and video up by tomorrow.

[chrisyota65]

cool pat good to here gold mt. in always fun to do

[strykersd]

Ok, the pics are up, but I still have to resize the videos. I didn't get many pics because I was too busy driving. Now onto the pics

Something I saw while fueling up in Big Bear :rofl:
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d123/strykersd/Big%20Bear%20August%2008/DSCF2074mini.jpg

Justin slider surfing on Sean's almost flop, or as Marc calls it just a wheelstand
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d123/strykersd/Big%20Bear%20August%2008/DSCF2105.jpg

Sean suprisingly calm during his almost flop
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d123/strykersd/Big%20Bear%20August%2008/DSCF2106.jpg

Jenn, who took most of the pics, even a few of the ones on my camera
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d123/strykersd/Big%20Bear%20August%2008/DSCF2114.jpg

My 4runner on an obstacle on John Bull
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d123/strykersd/Big%20Bear%20August%2008/DSCF2152.jpg

Justin making his own line on the same obstacle on John Bull
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d123/strykersd/Big%20Bear%20August%2008/DSCF2163.jpg


The rest of the pics can be found here http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d123/strykersd/Big%20Bear%20August%2008/

[strykersd]

cool pat good to here gold mt. in always fun to do

Chris, when will you have your truck up and running? I'm thinking about going back to Big Bear August 22-24th with the Oausa group (http://www.oausa.net/forums/viewforum.php?f=82). I want to see what that Pinzgauer can do...

[ttora4runner]

Prop's to you sean for keeping your cool in those near flop video's. :bowdown:

[Seanz0rz]

haha, no sense in freaking out, just makes it worse!

nice pics patrick, looking forward to some of the video!

[chrisyota65]

hey pat it wont be done untill the first week in september or close tofun it the desert. we will do another run up there and i will post up for that run cool pat.