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Talented weldeing wins for the rubicon save! Can;t wait to see y'all Monday morning!

Jeff_R said Got it fixed. I ground down the thread end of a bolt and my son, who is a very talented pipe welder by trade, was able to weld it on and remove the sheared off end of the bolt.

Yeah One of my welded on nuts for the rear sway bar is stripped.  That's why my sway bar moves slightly on articulations. Nothing major. I may cut nut off or re-thread it.  I don't weld so that's not an option.

The Jeep is packed except for my clothing, food and the ice chest. Really looking forward to this two night trip. What are you guys planning in terms of meals? I going to bring my campstove if you want to use it to cook or warm something up. I have my campfire permit.

Friend of mine is riding shotgun and he is bringing his flat top. We are gonna do steaks and bread the two dinner nights, and breakfast burrito's in the AM. I am sure he wont mind if someone want to utilize the flat top as well.

I'll have my 2 burner stove also to share. Sandwiches and hot manifold food for lunch.  Thinking about frozen skillet breakfasts that just need eggs.  Soft tacos the first night and still undecided for the second night.

I’ve got most of my stuff laid out in garage ready to pack up tomorrow- after I check a few last things on the 4Runner.

As for food, my son and I were planning on going super simple freeze dried meals in pouches and the like. Might throw a few things in cooler to take advantage of the cooking options ya’ll are bringing. Game time decision I suppose.

I wanted to confirm we are planning on using HAM for trail comms - correct? Posse V2 (151.760 MHz) ?

And also - I am not planning to bring my chainsaw. Jeff or Jaime are you bringing yours? Wasn’t thinking we’d need it if people have been all the way through but wanted to check with everyone.

Lastly, I have a little bit of wood I am planning to bring in case conditions warrant a campfire. I have my permit as well.

Looking forward to the trip.

I have a single burner butane that I want to try out. Haven't decided on meals until tomorrow when I find out how much room I have. Looking more and more that I will be there Monday.

Well, I just might bring a steak to toss on the flat top! We should be able to find firewood. I'm not going to bring my chainsaw but the only reason to bring it would be to cut firewood. I assumed we would have a campfire for ambience if for nothing else. Given the pace of this trip, I thought we would have time to do some cooking but I didn't want to be the only one having good food so I'm glad to hear that others are going to do some real cooking.

I'll have my radio also.  I think I initially said ch1, which I should be 151.700, but the channel doesn't really matter to me.   If the group prefers .760 that would be fine with me.  I'll be heading up through Auburn and Georgetown, I'm guessing beside Jeff, everyone else will be via 50.  We can figure it out at the spillway when we meet up.

I am not bringing my chainsaw, the trail seems to be clear and if we run up on something sounds like Jeff has us covered.

Here's to another sleepless night before a run, it's like a kid leaving for Disneyland the next day!

Got all packed up and my son and I decided to head up to Loon Lake Campground tonight to camp and be that much closer to the spillway. See you all at 830 am tomorrow morning (unless you come join us at loon lake cg🙂

Folsom4Rnr (Brian) said Got all packed up and my son and I decided to head up to Loon Lake Campground tonight to camp and be that much closer to the spillway. See you all at 830 am tomorrow morning (unless you come join us at loon lake cg🙂

I was considering going up tonight but too late now. Don't forget to bring some swimwear to cool off and wash the trail dust off of you. I'm all packed except for the ice chest. How much stuff can one man put it a TJ?!

Leaving soon.  See you at the spillway.

Got off trail about 3pm.  Home now and unloading jeep. A great trip planned by Chris.  Nice leisurely ride over 3 days with great people.  So glad Jeff kept egging me on to go.

Home and clean.  Thanks everyone for a great trip.  John, sorry again for dropping my phone and losing the photos of you getting up soup bowl.

No worries, at least you and I know the truth 🙂

Off trail, fed and watered at Burger Lounge, home and unpacked. What a great trip!! I already miss being there. Thanks Chris for throwing this on the calendar and to everyone for making it a great trip. Looking forward to next year’s trip.

I got home about 5:30 tonight. Huge thank you to Chris for organizing the run well in advance and for leading it. The only thing that surpassed the fun and exciting wheeling and beautiful scenery was the pleasure of enjoying it with those who attended. This needs to be an annual event.

That was a pretty amazing trip, ate way better than I though I wood camping there. The new Granite View Loop on the RTF property did not dissapoint and was well put together with winch points on the obstacles that really needed them, I am sure you will get a full download at the meeting but we had to pull winch line once on the RTF property entrance and then 3 more times on the loop itself. Quote of the trip; heard over the radio pulling up to one of the climbs on the loop, "oh hell no!".

I wish I could be at the meeting to hear all the laughs as they go through the run.

I created a photo gallery for the trip because I know a ton of pics were taken so start filling it up! And if you have a video to add, post it in youtube and send me the public link so I can add it to the video's page. Grant got a bunch of them so I will get them added.

I uploaded Grant and my pics to the gallery, looks like Chris did as well, lots of pics out there!

I am goign to join all the video's we took and post them in a single file, coming soon!

I consolidated and posted a short video of all the clips from my phone, nothing fancy. It's top of the video gallery.

Jamie (K6NUB) said I consolidated and posted a short video of all the clips from my phone, nothing fancy. It's top of the video gallery.

Thanks Jamie!  I need to get that video from Grant of me going nose down on that rock on Big Sluice.

I saw a post about an F250 that rolled off the cliff on Cadillac Hill and ended up 100 feet down the slope. The couple is fine but their dog died. The driver said he will never forgive himself but the replies have been very supportive and some are from those who were there. Apparently he was trying to back up the hill to allow uphill traffic to pass when he rolled. Just a reminder that what we do has risk. The vehicle was too heavy to winch back up so they took it out below and they were able to drive it to the staging area.

Jeff_R said I saw a post about an F250 that rolled off the cliff on Cadillac Hill and ended up 100 feet down the slope. The couple is fine but their dog died. The driver said he will never forgive himself but the replies have been very supportive and some are from those who were there. Apparently he was trying to back up the hill to allow uphill traffic to pass when he rolled. Just a reminder that what we do has risk. The vehicle was too heavy to winch back up so they took it out below and they were able to drive it to the staging area.

This could have easily turned into a fatality (or ies). There's lots of trees on the trip down, which may have saved them & helped. Cadillac Hill gets your attention going up or down in forward gears, let alone backwards! It's also amazing they drove the truck out, although it couldn't have been in great condition. Best of all they are OK & got out. Too bad about their dog.

We all must remember that sometimes what we do has different levels of risk & rushing (bad decisions) into things can lead into some dangerous results. In our group, experience is helpful.