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Hey guys,
I just got back from a 3 day trip to Moab Utah. 7 hour drive each way and it was so worth it. That place is absolutly amazing and you HAVE to go, make it a priority. A 20 hr drive would be worth it if you had just one day to wheel. We camped every night and the trails were no more than 15 to 20 min. away.
We had 2 solid days of wheeling and I think we ran a total of 7 trails. Even the wife enjoyed her self. It is absolutly beautiful and the trails have all kinds of ability levels. If you want difficult there is no shortage of that but if you want to see stunning geography regaurless of the difficulty there are so many oportunities.
The most memorable trail for me was Hell's Revenge. I was almost paralized with fear most of the trip. The trail is not hard but there are so many drop offs (like on both side of the truck)I felt like a novice, but the trail was so worth it.
There were all types of vehicle there from Jeeps to LR and of course we saw some H1. But I didn't see a singe H2. We ran into a group of Xteras during the trip and they did much better than I expected.
My digital camera is broken so I had to use the disposable type and i have no pic. to post but they wouldn't do justice anyway. You just have to organize a trip and see for yourself.
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Hey guys,
I just got back from a 3 day trip to Moab Utah. 7 hour drive each way and it was so worth it. That place is absolutly amazing and you HAVE to go, make it a priority. A 20 hr drive would be worth it if you had just one day to wheel. We camped every night and the trails were no more than 15 to 20 min. away.
We had 2 solid days of wheeling and I think we ran a total of 7 trails. Even the wife enjoyed her self. It is absolutly beautiful and the trails have all kinds of ability levels. If you want difficult there is no shortage of that but if you want to see stunning geography regaurless of the difficulty there are so many oportunities.
The most memorable trail for me was Hell's Revenge. I was almost paralized with fear most of the trip. The trail is not hard but there are so many drop offs (like on both side of the truck)I felt like a novice, but the trail was so worth it.
There were all types of vehicle there from Jeeps to LR and of course we saw some H1. But I didn't see a singe H2. We ran into a group of Xteras during the trip and they did much better than I expected.
My digital camera is broken so I had to use the disposable type and i have no pic. to post but they wouldn't do justice anyway. You just have to organize a trip and see for yourself.
Brian
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05-28-2003, 06:13 PM
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Bunch of H2 pics from MOAB here:
http://www.yellowh2.com/Photos/index.htm
I really want to go there sometime!
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05-28-2003, 09:43 PM
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do you think they can hang??
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05-28-2003, 10:19 PM
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Alec,
If you are like me.....it would be easier to run the trail at night. dammmm i was scared, that would have been a great psycology experiment
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06-01-2003, 04:24 AM
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brianfriend,
what trails did you run and did you find them relatively easy to follow? Hell's Revenge sounds exciting, would you recommend it to novice H2 off-roaders?
I'm still trying to get the NM crowd organized and then we'll try to hook up with you Co. folks.
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06-02-2003, 02:13 PM
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JJ,
there are trails in Moab that even a subaru could do that is the great thing about it. Get the Wells off roading book for trail descriptions and routes.
I think that hells revenge could be done by a h2 but it is in the difficult rated section of the bood...I think mostly because of the scaryness of it. I probably would take the novices on a few other trails before doing that one. I have a fair amount of offroad experience but Moab is a different animal and Hell's revenge scared me lots.
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06-02-2003, 06:44 PM
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A H2 can do Hells Revenge. You should check the link I posted above.
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06-03-2003, 02:16 AM
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Detonate - indeed, theres quite a bit of info in that post you referenced. The tie rod bending is a bit interesting but I guess thats part of off-roading.
I take brianfriend's post to mean that an H2 can handle Hell's Revenge but alot of a vehicles performance is dependent on the driver and the driver's confidence. And if the trail is a bit hairy and the driver is a novice it might make for a difficult ride.
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06-03-2003, 01:25 PM
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Detonate,
That is exactly what I meant. A H2 could drive all the trails we ran no doubt about it, but the question will be can the drivers run the trails?
JJ asked me what I thought a novice wheeler could do.
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07-30-2003, 06:39 PM
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Out of curiosity, do you guys know if an H2 has ever tried/conquested dump bump?
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08-21-2003, 06:15 PM
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Gotta be kidding me is it really like that?
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08-25-2003, 03:43 PM
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That pic made my heart flutter 
Seriously though, is that a real picture or was the camera tilted to appear like such a steep incline? I gotta know. |
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See how there are tred marks going up the RedRock. That tells you it is a steep hill. Maybe the camera was tilted a tad, but ill tell ya it is unreal in Moab. Back in High School, we went down there 3 times a year. Seen some amazing and crazy stuff. Never thought i would have seen so many roll overs. And responding to the Dump N Bump. I havent been down there lately. Havent seen an H2 attempt it yet....
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Buckeye Hummer:
That pic made my heart flutter
Seriously though, is that a real picture or was the camera tilted to appear like such a steep incline? I gotta know.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Imagine a mechanical failure on that one. Heart attack city. 
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02-17-2004, 03:07 PM
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I actually tried climbing a hill a little steeper than that my first trip to moab. About 30 feet up my engine cut out and I slid backwards with no power brakes, and no power steering. That was an adventure.
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