Colorado Spring Creek run 9/2/06

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Thanks Kathy for taking these next few shots of me getting up the turnoff. My e-locker was working at the bottom of the trail but failed during the run. It took a lot of rock stacking to keep all 4 wheels on the ground so I could make it over.

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Ultimate props to COhummer for spotting me thru this

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Trying to keep the wheelspin down (not working so well)

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finally, up and over with just the right CTM ... that's clutch-throttle modulation for all of you with an auto tranny

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And on we go!

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At this point my batteries died and I didn't get any more pics. Hopefully the other guys will add their pics to the thread.

The trail from here on up was very rocky, with lots of loose, soccer to basketball sized rocks, growing to the size of tires and small cars as we neared the last obstacle, the "triple bypass" ... at least that's what I'm calling the rock garden.

Giant boulders tumbled down the main trails, which were obviously home to fast and furious flash floods. The bypasses were no better. They were all deeply rutted and blocked with boulders, trees and twisted roots. Alan was leading, and we tried everything to get him up the trails, stacking rocks, trying any possible line and even squeezing between the trees. But nothing worked.

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Meanwhile, a toyota rock buggy hopped up the trail like a mountain goat, flying right over the stuff we were hung up on. They made it to the top, but broke an axle in the process and had to limp back down. Behind us, a group of jeeps had their own trail damage - a broken motor mount and a pierced oil filter.

By this time, it was 4:30. We had been on the trail for about 6 hours and clouds were moving in from the east. We turned back. As the clouds swallowed us up, the temperature dropped from 62 to 41F. Luckily it didn't rain or we would have been in a world of hurt.