We rolled out of San Felipe around 9.30 and were on our way to Mikes Sky ranch, this was some of the most beautiful country you could imagine. Technical goat trails, lots of cliffs and some great rock crawling.
we could tell they had been getting hammered with snow and rain and the wash outs and ruts were insane. Found myself straddling 3’ deep washed out ruts on trails with the setting sun dropping into our faces, made for interesting riding for sure.
same rzr that had clutch issues the day before dropped his ass end into a rut and blew the tire right off the bead. Waiting for an hour for him to get back.
after we regrouped we watched the Space X launch and continued on, behind schedule but as long as no other issues we should be in Camalu by 8 of 8.30……….and that’s when the things got fun. Our route took us down a mountain pass to what should be a dry creek bed but ended up being a raging creek with a 2 foot drop in and a near vertical climb out. So time for plan b, the boring ride out through some farms. Unfortunately the new gate with a nice man holding a machete meant we could no longer use that route.
JR makes the decision that our only route out is through the washes. The first water crossing was about 30 yards wide with 18-24” deep water flowing at a decent pace. The Rzr in front of me smoked his belt taking the shallower path so we had to go through the deeper softer exit and the car started to sink so me and the throttle got very friendly. Car made it out just as the belt let loose. Video shows how hot that belt must have been. Honestly I thought I caught fire.
one more uneventful water crossing and we were out of the canyon and into town. 11.30pm we rolled into Camalu soaking wet and exhausted but day 2 was in the books.
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we could tell they had been getting hammered with snow and rain and the wash outs and ruts were insane. Found myself straddling 3’ deep washed out ruts on trails with the setting sun dropping into our faces, made for interesting riding for sure.
same rzr that had clutch issues the day before dropped his ass end into a rut and blew the tire right off the bead. Waiting for an hour for him to get back.
after we regrouped we watched the Space X launch and continued on, behind schedule but as long as no other issues we should be in Camalu by 8 of 8.30……….and that’s when the things got fun. Our route took us down a mountain pass to what should be a dry creek bed but ended up being a raging creek with a 2 foot drop in and a near vertical climb out. So time for plan b, the boring ride out through some farms. Unfortunately the new gate with a nice man holding a machete meant we could no longer use that route.
JR makes the decision that our only route out is through the washes. The first water crossing was about 30 yards wide with 18-24” deep water flowing at a decent pace. The Rzr in front of me smoked his belt taking the shallower path so we had to go through the deeper softer exit and the car started to sink so me and the throttle got very friendly. Car made it out just as the belt let loose. Video shows how hot that belt must have been. Honestly I thought I caught fire.
one more uneventful water crossing and we were out of the canyon and into town. 11.30pm we rolled into Camalu soaking wet and exhausted but day 2 was in the books.
IMG_8006.mov
IMG_3034.mov
IMG_5293.mov
IMG_5295.mov
