Couple days in Moab 10-07

[RuggedH2]

One of my friends and I ran down to Moab last Thursday and Friday. Neocon1 was working all day so he couldn't run trails with us until dark. We didn't take many pics over the little trip (especially the harder stuff because you generally had your hands full) everyone was driving their own rigs, and we made good time through the trails. Moab is always fun.

My friends Jeep is a new JK Unlimited, he has a Terra Flex lift - adjustable links with 35" Toyo M/T's. Neo drives his H3 amazingly well. We had many Jeepers coming up to us shaking their heads and saying they had never seen an H3 even attempt much of what we ran, let alone walk everything he tried. We ran all the hardest lines on Poison Spider, with a lot of Jeeps on Friday. Neo walked everything right in front of Jeepers that struggled. We watched as a Ford Bronco that had been in front of us, destroyed his back axle and had to get dragged out.

This pic is of us airing down and getting ready to make a night run.

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[RuggedH2]

Running the 7 mile crack at night. It's a fairly long trail and great for a night run.

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It doesn't make much sense to take to many pics on a night run. :D

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Timgco did an outstanding job building this H2. The lighting works exceptionally well, as does the lift.

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Poison Spider Mesa.

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:)

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:excited:

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;)

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:beerchug:

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:D

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:dancingbanana:

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Wedgie.

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:redx:

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;)

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[Adam in CO]

Tim's old truck is way kewl.

[DennisAJC]

Sweeeeeet!:beerchug:

[RuggedH2]

Stopped at the overlook of the Colorado River and Moab Valley.:cool:

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[CO Hummer]

Tim's old truck is way kewl.

Ahhh....the one that got away. :)


I've heard him say that 6 or 7 times now. :jump:



NICE PIX!

[Adam in CO]

Ahhh....the one that got away. :)


I've heard him say that 6 or 7 times now. :jump:



NICE PIX!

I think the SUT is the one that got away. But the SUV was kewl, too.

[RuggedH2]

:beerchug:

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[RuggedH2]

:cool: Soo much damn Fun! We didn't even get pics of the more challenging stuff, the only time anybody had time to take a pic was when we were chillin.

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[ROX]

Great pictures!!! :beerchug:

I've never run the whole Poison Spider trail. Doesn't it go to the overlook and come back the same way?

[RuggedH2]

Great pictures!!! :beerchug:

I've never run the whole Poison Spider trail. Doesn't it go to the overlook and come back the same way?

Yep, it does Rocks.

Everything in your rig ends up on the floor, going from the very front to getting stuck under your seats.:giggling:

[timgco]

SWEET PICKS!!!!!!! :dancingbanana: I'm glad the truck is working out for you!!!!

[RuggedH2]

Tim's old truck is way kewl.

You're right Adam. I'm very glad I bought it! :beerchug:


NICE PIX!

Thanks Alan.



Sweeeeeet!:beerchug:
Thanks Dennis, I know you enjoy pushing the 3'ers buttons, and obviously some of them don't deal with it well, but you should see Neo drive that stock H3. He not only kept up with modified Jeeps, he made obstacles some of them struggled on....look easy. :cool:

I wish you didn't run so many cool people out of here. ;) He is a cool guy and a hell of a wheeler. How can we put together another Elcova Moab run without so many that have made the last few great? Too many of them don't post here anymore.

[RuggedH2]

SWEET PICKS!!!!!!! :dancingbanana: I'm glad the truck is working out for you!!!!

Thanks Tim! You definitely know how to put together an H2! Props to ya man! :beerchug: :cool: This truck kicks ass!

[Alan06SUT]

WOW. Those are some really nice pics. I really have to get out there. All of those rigs are looking great and that lift on your H2 seems to flex really well. Awesome.

:beerchug:

[Mark805]

I wiah i lived down that way... I dont think you'd have to say much to convince me to run out there to get in everyones way :p

Looks like you all had a good time... great pics!

[Adam in CO]

You're right Adam. I'm very glad I bought it! :beerchug:


And we always thought Tim looked ghey driving it.

Glad to see it was just Tim looking ghey and not the rig.

[RuggedH2]

Adam, I can see what you are talking about. :giggling:

Alan06SUT, Thanks man and you would love all the trail options out here. If another Elcova trip gets going you should plan to attend. The wheeling out here is incredible, there are plenty of trails that will push your truck. You would fit right in. :cool:

Mark805, thanks, and same thing goes for you man. Vacation time well spent.

Moab is a resort town and there is plenty to do. I had the Friday dinner special at Pasta Jay's and it was incredible! ;)

[RuggedH2]

For those of you that have run 7 Mile Rim, you know how there is only a few inches of clearance through "burnt toast" for an H2. It seems like even less at night.

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[jmsspratlin]

Very nice pics. Must be nice to have that kinda "playground" to take your truck out on. Very nice H2 as well.

[RuggedH2]

Very nice pics. Must be nice to have that kinda "playground" to take your truck out on. Very nice H2 as well.

Thanks Jamie.

[Alan06SUT]

Adam, I can see what you are talking about. :giggling:

Alan06SUT, Thanks man and you would love all the trail options out here. If another Elcova trip gets going you should plan to attend. The wheeling out here is incredible, there are plenty of trails that will push your truck. You would fit right in. :cool:

Mark805, thanks, and same thing goes for you man. Vacation time well spent.

Moab is a resort town and there is plenty to do. I had the Friday dinner special at Pasta Jay's and it was incredible! ;)

Did you guys get some growlers over at the brewery? I've been to arches and we camped near moab on the colorado river and went into town to eat and swail beers. What a cool place. Now I just need to be there w/ the H2.

[DennisAJC]

Thanks Dennis, I know you enjoy pushing the 3'ers buttons, and obviously some of them don't deal with it well, but you should see Neo drive that stock H3. He not only kept up with modified Jeeps, he made obstacles some of them struggled on....look easy. :cool:

With all the practice and breakage, you figure the guy has learned a few things.:raar:





I wish you didn't run so many cool people out of here. ;) He is a cool guy and a hell of a wheeler. How can we put together another Elcova Moab run without so many that have made the last few great? Too many of them don't post here anymore.
:orly:I'm flattered that you think I was responsible for the hippy's parting. Everyone knows NEO lead the H2 bashing and I spearheaded the Operation H3 Enragement retaliation to shut the whining.

He lost, he left. My sleep is still deep and undisturbed.:OWNED:

Last time I checked, the REAL and ORIGINAL Moab crew are still here.:beerchug:

Anyone who gets enraged over the internet like a child is not someone I'd be interested to wheel in real life. Too much drama. I try not to wheel with kids or newbs anymore. We learn from our mistakes.

But I'm sure given the trauma and stressful run through Moab, you've formed an unbreakable "Thelma & Louise" kind of bond which is understandable for you to fondly proclaim him as cool.


BTW. I noticed you crossed Golden Crack on the far end where it's shallow and flat.:giggling: Next time try the hard line. You have an advantage of a lift and I don't see why you would by-pass it.:D

But still pretty cool pics.:beerchug: Got any pics of anything difficult? Even simple like Potato Salad would be cool.:giggling:

[tower]

Thanks Tim! You definitely know how to put together an H2! Props to ya man! :beerchug: :cool: This truck kicks ass! I thought those lower grill lights looked familiar!

[frenzy1]

Awesome pics !!

[Agriv8r]

great pics, thanks....

[BKLYNH2]

Nice trip. Great pics! :fdance:
Night riding Moab = Big Cahones!!:jump:

[RuggedH2]

Dennis you are so full of sh!t. :giggling:

You spearheaded the operation? That's fawkin hilarious....waaaay to many video games for you. :giggling:

Too much drama? From other people? :D OK........Right. If you focused on wheeling instead of drama, this place would be better off.

You noticed I ran the Golden crack? :orly:

Where's your latest wheeling pics Dennis? Nothing since 05? ;) :redx:

Hell, we just took these cause I was free on Thursday afternoon and Friday.

Potato Salad Hill, Potato Salad Hill, Potato Salad Hill.... dammmmnn did you run that? :D

[DennisAJC]

Dennis you are so full of sh!t.

You spearheaded the operation? That's fawkin hilarious....waaaay to many video games for you.

Too much drama? From other people? OK........Right. If you focused on wheeling instead of drama, this place would be better off.

You noticed I ran the Golden crack?

Where's your latest wheeling pics Dennis? Nothing since 05?

Hell, we just took these cause I was free on Thursday afternoon and Friday.

Potato Salad Hill, Potato Salad Hill, Potato Salad Hill.... dammmmnn did you run that? :D


Do I sense back peddling from you?:giggling: So you say I was solely responsible, now you say that I'm not?

I think I was being complimentary when I stated I like the pictures but you had to throw in that edgeword comment about the hippy who left because he got :OWNED:. If you look back at his posts, he had been on a none stop attack on the H2. I came in AFTER that.

I haven't been to Moab since 06 but why would Moab be the benchmark to wheeling? Moab wasn't even named in BFG's Top Trails in North America this year. Whipsaw on the other hand was #6 which I wheeled half a dozen times this year;). Ahhhem....In a NON LIFTED stock H2 just like in Moab.:jump:



Don't act like such an innocent Barbie doll Jeff. I've watched you sling your BS around with jmsspratlin taunting him everytime he posted. But it seemed Jamie had your number every time.:giggling::OWNED:


You should stick with the newbs on this Forum. ;)



And BTW, Like I said in my first post here before you posted the drama,

Sweeeeet pics!:beerchug:Let's just leave it at that M'Kay?

[Boss Hoss]

Looks like you guys had a good time. Your pics are yet another reminder that i have not had the oppertunity to wheel moab :(.

[RuggedH2]

Do I sense back peddling from you? So you say I was solely responsible, now you say that I'm not?

I think I was being complimentary when I stated I like the pictures but you had to throw in that edgeword comment about the hippy who left because he got . If you look back at his posts, he had been on a none stop attack on the H2. I came in AFTER that.

I haven't been to Moab since 06 but why would Moab be the benchmark to wheeling? Moab wasn't even named in BFG's Top Trails in North America this year. Whipsaw on the other hand was #6 which I wheeled half a dozen times this year. Ahhhem....In a NON LIFTED stock H2 just like in Moab.



Don't act like such an innocent Barbie doll Jeff. I've watched you sling your BS around with jmsspratlin taunting him everytime he posted. But it seemed Jamie had your number every time.


You should stick with the newbs on this Forum.



And BTW, Like I said in my first post here before you posted the drama,

Sweeeeet pics!:beerchug:Let's just leave it at that M'Kay?
Dennis,

I wasn't attacking you when "I started" this drama by saying that, "I wish you didn't run so many cool people out of here". I had hoped that you would consider what I said, that's all. It is obvious that you are confident that you are right. I love Moab and think it's a blast. I believe anyone that owns a Hummer can find trails there that are perfect for the wheeling they want to do. Elcova had some great trips there that were fun for all involved.

The only reason I brought it up is because I have seen dozens of people publicly thank Neo for all he's done for them and their groups while in Moab. (I could copy and paste many from this site alone) He has allowed many people from this board to crash at his house while in Moab and he took them out and spotted and guided them through the trails. He has run trails from easy ones up to Moab Rim. He is just a cool guy in my (and many others) opinion and he used to post here. Many others have left also, including F5 (who knows a thing or two about Hummers).

Neo doesn't hate H2's at all Dennis. Maybe he thought he was defending his own rig?

I'm not slinging insults here. I don't post as if everyone is reading my posts for the first time. I remember what's been posted here, I'm sure some others do also. Their judgement is their own, doesn't matter how many owned signs either one of us posts.

Once again thanks for the compliment on the pics. I was more interested in driving the trails when we ran them, than documenting them. I wish now that we had slowed down and taken more pics of the outstanding terrain and challenge of these trails. We had planned on running Golden Spike and Gold Bar on Friday, but didn't get down there until Thursday afternoon and made a late night run. As you know, Poison Spider-Golden Spike-Gold Bar Rim run takes all day and nobody felt like getting up early. We slept in and went to the Jailhouse for a great breakfast instead.

Next time I'm down there, I'll take 30 minutes and run Potato Salad OK? :D

We obviously don't see eye to eye on everything Dennis, but so what? I'm not into the enragement thing, just trying to share a perspective with ya. You can't take on a mod in the enragement game and hope to win on their own forum. I have resorted to that with others (that couldn't see reason) that are on more of a level playing field with me. I will stand by the results. ;)

To everyone else, thanks for the compliments on the photos. :cool:

[DennisAJC]

I'm sure NEO is a nice hippy. And I can assure you 90% of the owners including myself are as equally accommodating and generous towards each other IN REAL LIFE.

What amuses me is the drama queens that get all riled up over e-bickering.

I'm what you call a reactive member. Somebody dishes crap my way, I dish it back.....GO OVER BOARD and find it difficult to stop once the boat gets moving:clapping:. People tend to remember the ones that go overboard and tend to forget who started what. I can't apologize for that because I thoroughly enjoy it.:clapping:

NEO attacked the H2 long before I came in to join the fun. I jumped in and It got out of hand. He left to join the Island Of Misfits (Which is moderated 1000x worst.:clapping:) and hasn't come back since. C'est la vie.

But I do understand how you feel about NEO since a bond has formed after running trails together you would consider traumatic. We've all experienced that on some level. I'm the same way with most of the members here that I've wheeled with.

That is why the is not a secret Elcova society. I repeat, there is no such group. :D

[RuggedH2]

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The Thelma and Louise trauma was overwhelming! :crying: ;) :D

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[DennisAJC]

The Thelma and Louise trama was overwhelming! :crying: ;) :D



OK, OK, fine. :fdance:


I'm pretty sure some of those pictures don't do justice. Did you guys do Body Snatcher?

[RuggedH2]

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OK, OK, fine. :fdance:


I'm pretty sure some of those pictures don't do justice. Did you guys do Body Snatcher?

Dennis, we didn't run Golden Spike this trip.

[Aich Tew]

Really cool pics.

You did know you can get to Golden Crack via Rusty Nail too? ;)

[Aich Tew]

OK, OK, fine. :fdance:


Did you guys do Body Snatcher?

One of my faves!!1 :excited:

[RuggedH2]

Really cool pics.

You did know you can get to Golden Crack via Rusty Nail too? ;)

I know about Rusty Nail. Couple friends ran it last spring in very built Jeeps. They told me they found it harder than Behind the Rocks or Moab Rim. :D

[timgco]

WTH is rusty nail? NOT IN MY BOOK!

[Sewie]

WTH is rusty nail? NOT IN MY BOOK!

http://www.traildamage.com/trails/index.php?id=145

[Sewie]

Great pics!! :cool: :cool: :cool: Night run looked like fun. :D

Is it spring yet? I wanna go back.

[RuggedH2]

Great pics!! :cool: :cool: :cool: Night run looked like fun. :D

Is it spring yet? I wanna go back.

Dude,

Let me know when. I'll get down there also.

Night run was a blast, wish I was doing another one right now. ;)

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Sewie, after your experience at Fordyce, I think you're ready for Pritchett Canyon, man. :clapping: Seriously, it can't be harder than that, can it?

[Aich Tew]

I know about Rusty Nail. Couple friends ran it last spring in very built Jeeps. They told me they found it harder than Behind the Rocks or Moab Rim. :D

Never done Rim. BTR is great, rut it backwards ;)

I see BTR and Rusty Nail on par; they both have two tuffies and then ya cruise. Fun stuff to play on around Golden Crack.

Anyone have pics of an H2 on 'No Left Turn' ? :)

[Aich Tew]

Sewie, after your experience at Fordyce, I think you're ready for Pritchett Canyon, man. :clapping: Seriously, it can't be harder than that, can it?

Pics of H3 on Pritchett or BAN! :popcorn:

[RuggedH2]

Pics of H3 on Pritchett or BAN! :popcorn:

Unless you are another AE, newbs with 20 something posts are not in a position to ban.

As far as Pritchett Canyon and H3's.........I don't think so yet. ;)

I have never seen pics of 2's there either. I have seen pics of H1's there, looked like a bitch.

[Aich Tew]

1)Unless you are another AE, newbs with 20 something posts are not in a position to ban.

2)As far as Pritchett Canyon and H3's.........I don't think so yet. ;)

3)I have never seen pics of 2's there either. I have seen pics of H1's there, looked like a bitch.


1) :orly:

2) Figured as much :lame:

3) Remember what the bane of off-road photograpy is? :rolleyes:

4) See #1 again :giggling:

[RuggedH2]

Here come the AE's.

Predictable.

[Aich Tew]

WAT ES AE? http://www.jeepsunlimited.com/forums/images/smilies/bsflag.gif

[RuggedH2]

Well at least this thread motivated me to finally update my username.