DEATH VALLEY RUN - President day weekend

[RobRed]

 

[vwchisme]

El Buffet checking in, made it home in good time to hang out with the family. Had a wonderful time on the trail and meeting new folks. Still need to sort through the camera, in the meanwhile here a few from the trip.

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/18148125@N07/12670676884/] IMG_8839_Pinnacles by ntrodriguez, on Flickr[/URL]


IMG_8849_Pinnacles by ntrodriguez, on Flickr


IMG_8908_Pinnacles by ntrodriguez, on Flickr


IMG_9113_Pleasant Canyon by ntrodriguez, on Flickr


IMG_9114_Pleasant Canyon by ntrodriguez, on Flickr


IMG_9291_Bridge to Briggs Cabin by ntrodriguez, on Flickr

 

[wgyouree]

El Buffet checking in, made it home in good time to hang out with the family. Had a wonderful time on the trail and meeting new folks. Still need to sort through the camera, in the meanwhile here a few from the trip.

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/18148125@N07/12670676884/] IMG_8839_Pinnacles by ntrodriguez, on Flickr[/URL]


IMG_8849_Pinnacles by ntrodriguez, on Flickr


IMG_8908_Pinnacles by ntrodriguez, on Flickr


IMG_9113_Pleasant Canyon by ntrodriguez, on Flickr


IMG_9114_Pleasant Canyon by ntrodriguez, on Flickr


IMG_9291_Bridge to Briggs Cabin by ntrodriguez, on Flickr

Hey Nick great pics! Good to meet you guys on this trip, can't wait to go wheeling with you all again!

 

[cjm]

offroader I can help too.....not a great mech but I can chuck tools with the best of em. If you need tires busted I learned that in the Marines! Good luck buddy

 

[vwchisme]

Finally sorted through all the pictures and uploaded them. Been that this is a "Montero" thread some Montero porn for the devoted :ylsmoke:

Day 1 - Pleasant Canyon to Briggs cabin.

 

[vwchisme]

Day 2 - Mengel Pass to Inyo Mine

Barker's Ranch (Last hideout of Charles Manson)

Mengel's Pass

 

[SoCalMonty]

Great shots! Man I love that area. Except maybe in July and August. lol.

 

[vwchisme]

“(continued)”

Geologist Cabin - Butte Valley

Warm Spring Mine

Badwater

Inyo Mine camp fire

 

[nwoods]

grreat shots!

 

[EmptyOly]

great pics...thanks for sharing

 

[off-roader]

The trip was definitely great fun until the very end when as you all know one of my engine rods gave up the ghost...

Thankfully I had Juan there to tow me back to the trailhead.

Anyhow here are some the pics I took and my buddy Eric took as well as a video of that spot where things got a little tipsy and I needed Carlos to come down so I could winch off of him.

 

[cap510]

Did you have time to look at your oh ******** meter to see what it was showing?
It was definitely scary.

 

[SoCalMonty]

lol...that's scary? You should have seen the (muddy, slippery) slope I had to traverse today! Looking down at the recently rolled-over Explorer didn't help my nerves any. Nor did assisting the Wrangler that got stuck. When your best countermeasure against rolling is just *hoping* really hard that your tires don't slip sideways as your inclinometer reads 32 degrees on a muddy slope - THAT is pucker!!! =X

 

[off-roader]

lol...that's scary? You should have seen the (muddy, slippery) slope I had to traverse today! Looking down at the recently rolled-over Explorer didn't help my nerves any. Nor did assisting the Wrangler that got stuck. When your best countermeasure against rolling is just *hoping* really hard that your tires don't slip sideways as your inclinometer reads 32 degrees on a muddy slope - THAT is pucker!!! =X

Wasn't too bad but after you've rolled a Montero on the trail you get to talk about pucker factor with some level of authority on the matter.

 

[off-roader]

Did you have time to look at your oh ******** meter to see what it was showing?
It was definitely scary.

No didn't even occur to me to check it.

in case it's not clear for some who didn't see where we were hung up, that last photo before the video gives just an inkling of the slope. Eric was more than happy to hop out.