ATVOBSESSION

Day 3 was a trip through Fordyce... my first time doing any SERIOUS rock crawling, but I was in good company with several highly experianced riders to help me through which gave me additional confidence, so I went for it... the inside of my shorts still have the stains to prove it to!



Comming Down "Winch Hill 5?"


Pedro Is Not The Only Yamaha On This Ride


Waiting For The Rest Of The Group To Catch Up


Cool Tree At The Top


Time For Some BIG Rocks


Those Who Make It Down First Lend A Hand To The Next Rider


Already Past "Winch Hill 4?"... All Down Hill From Here (keep in mind we will be following this same trail on the way out!)


Angelo Breeze's Through Like A Pro As Usual


Okay, Who's Going Next?!?!


A Helping Hand Builds Confidence


This Is Nothing (2-finger assist?)...


Doesn't Look That Bad...


Other's Help To Insure No Injuries


Pedro Was 2nd or 3rd In Line Most The Time. I Was "Camera Man" On This Ride, Hence No Shots Of Me Riding...


Water Break! (wipe your @ss now if you need to!)


Next Up, "Winch Hill 3" (what have I gotten myself into?)


It's Not That Bad...


While We Were Workin' The Hill A Couple Nicely Set-up Wheeler's Came Up From The Opposite Direction To Pass Us


30 min. Later The Guy Was Wedged In There Pretty Good!


He Thought We Were Crazy For Trying To Ride This Trail On ATV's


We Thought He Was Crazy Too...


Shortly After, Thunder Started Booming Followed By Some Rain And Hail, So It Was Time To Get Back To Camp... All Up Hill From Here!


One Bike At A Time


Even Angelo Has A Hard Time Making This Spot Look Easy


Every Bike Needed Assistance On The Way Back


Including Brian "Mr. Green" Who Is The Bonsai Master!


Almost Up!


Everyone's Tuckered After Pullin' Rope


Thunder Sounds Awfully Close, We Better Pick Up The Pace


Everyone's Gettin' Pretty Soggy By Now


Trail Is Gettin' Slick... Those White Spots Are Chuncks Of Hail!


This Is The Last Pic I Took Because It Started Pourin' And I Didnt Want To Get The Camera Too Wet!



Needless to say, there was not a single dry spot on any rider by the time we made it back to camp! Everyone made the journey safely though and it was quite the experiance... one I will always remember!

I took some video on this ride as well, but I have not had a chance to edit or upload it yet... It was great to meet everyone, lookin' forward to the next run!

Hope you enjoy the pic's!

I posted these as well as a few shots from day 1&2 on Grizzly Riders forum also, here is a link -
http://grizzlyriders.com/forums/picture ... i-run.html

Awesome pictures - best set I've seen from the Miyagi ride for sure!

Thanks!
Thats an honorable mention comming from you

great pics dave!!! nice to meet you and hope you had a good time! nice meeting i think your dad and uncle ? hope we didnt scare you guys from riding with us again! once again great pics keep up the great work! =D>

Very cool! That run on a quad is quite the experience. One I'll never forget either (I did it three Miyagi rides ago).

I'm sure Angelo was happy to finally have some company on a crawling ride! I am a little disappointed to not see the the Rzr Xp or Will on the Honda CRF in the pictures.

Great pics there. It was nice meeting you and nice riding with ya.

but the big question... are you going to go riding again

WOW what a great ride. i woke up early on sun parked at cisco grove and rode in on the trail to meet up with the rest of the guys at meadow lake.
the first obstacle was the committee crossing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPiR2pMNETI
then i blasted up the rest of the trail,
i decided to play it safe since i was alone and winch up the far left side of winch hill 3 (im still editing that vid)
then i cruised up the rest of the winch hills and met up with my slightly concerned friends at meadow lake, (i had gotten stuck behind a group of jeeps for about 20min, and i forgot to check in with my phone so they didn't know if i was floating down the river
coming back down was a blast i love watching first timers tackling fordyce. its really cool watching them figure out what their atv can do. Brian and Dave you guys did great.
heres a vid of brian going up a tricky rock next to the tree. "BRIAN LOCK THE FRONT DIFF"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7t8ZKP4nNw
here is a vid of dave coming down winch hill 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zq_zJtpZhk
then we made it to winch hill 3 which had changed a bit since last year to me it seemed a bit harder but as always was a blast
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7SUOQ-HWmg

http://youtu.be/S2ti7Y0v9SM
http://youtu.be/0fUD7zTjS1c
i missed scott going down wh3 but he sailed through as always.

Thanks for all the kind words everyone!

EigerMike wrote:great pics dave!!! nice to meet you and hope you had a good time! nice meeting i think your dad and uncle ? hope we didnt scare you guys from riding with us again! once again great pics keep up the great work! =D>

Had a great time and it was very nice to meet everyone! Chuck is actually my wife's uncle, and Joe is Chuck's brother... they are 2 of the guy's I camp with in ElDorado Canyon out of Dayton Nv. every year... and they also had a great time, even though we scared them home after comming down winch hill 5

Mr. Green wrote: but the big question... are you going to go riding again

I'll get back to you on that one (just kidding - Im down for more punishment)

Sasquatch wrote:(just kidding - Im down for more punishment)

YES!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL.

Forgot to ask - what camera were you using?

All the still shots were taken with a Canon SD1000... I also took a bit of video with a Contour 1080p HD helmet mounted camera and a Sony DCR-SX63 Handycam. I need more practice with taking good video though

Those are some really nice action shots Sasquatch!

Kodiak wrote:WOW what a great ride. i woke up early on sun parked at cisco grove and rode in on the trail to meet up with the rest of the guys at meadow lake.

WoW is right, I can't believe that you rode all the way up there from Cisco Grove, then turned around and rode all the way back down that monster. Epicidocious! =D>

it was a blast Eric!
hows the property coming? did u get that chainsaw yet?

Here is what little video I was able to capture with my helmet cam... didnt spend much time editing... hope you enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FQqZ28qpDw

I would like to thank Angelo and Scott as a newbe on the fordyce trail I cant think of better examples to learn from. Also would like to Thank Ken and Lori for a blast of a get together I hope to join again next year. I wish some one could have taken video of Mini Mike story My kids would have loved it .

Thanks

B