Sand Shark
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Trash use to be at Comp Hill only back in the day. Now it spreads out to all the night time hangout spots.
Disco ball right now
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How do you know it was them?
Sand Shark
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Not 100% sure but one dude in the video gets out of the van and beer can falls out and nobody picks it up.
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I didn’t see that the first time I watched it. That said it doesn’t mean it was them that left all the cans. Kinda sad that nobody bent over to pick it up.
Overall still pretty wild that a fully loaded sprinter like that can make it out there
megadesertdiesel
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Its flat friggin sand to the disco ball!!!! Moms Hyundai or a half a sissy Squeed car can make it easily.
Sand Shark
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It is not hard to get to the Disco Ball. No big dunes need to be crossed to get there from Gecko. It is not that far from the Sand Highway that leads to Duners Diner. Still impressive to take a van off-roading. The most impressive thing was BJ Baldwin taking his Porsche to Olds and I believe he may have even gone up it.
Way back in the day there were guys with Awd Subarus that would mob up Olds. This was when the whoops were small and quads actually raced up the hill all day long.
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Crusty
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Bummer, people were having a great time at it.
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Glamis is the destination. I may not be the majority on this but all these sites just bring trash.
Sunset hill..... Not a single monument but the hills all around it are littered. Roll up after a good blow and you can't count all the cans exposed......
Do I need to mention competition hill. That's been shut down for 30 years now. It's still showing it's past.
We did this. We need to be more responsible.
Flame on
Sunset hill..... Not a single monument but the hills all around it are littered. Roll up after a good blow and you can't count all the cans exposed......
Do I need to mention competition hill. That's been shut down for 30 years now. It's still showing it's past.
We did this. We need to be more responsible.
Flame on
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I agree - It never Ends God forbid a monument goes up and someone hits it duning - I am amazed it lasted this long
Crusty
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Maybe the smudge pot was the final straw...who knows.
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Smudge pot, dj, fireworks, roadrunner camp host, insta, FB, Christmas trees, trash, fighting.....
Pick one or pick them all.
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Agree 100%
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Yep, it is gone now, so I guess these above noted issues are gone. I have a feeling it won't be the last structure removed from Glamis. With social media, it's very easy for BLM to find and remove these "destinations". I can say firsthand, on multiple occasions, at the Disco Ball, the mariachi bands would roll in, music blasting as loud as they could make it. They would drink, do their fireworks and drop their Modelo cans and leave them along with the fireworks packaging. Got to the point we would have to leave. Place was always trashed the next morning. Not trying to single out anyone, just what I witnessed firsthand. I will also admit, me and the group I camp with drink beers in the dunes but always take our trash with us. We have people in the group that like lighting fireworks but always pick up the trash. And we occasionally play music when we stop, but not so obnoxiously loud as to offend everyone around us.
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Thank God. Good job, BLM! These "destination" sites are more ghay than Richard Simmon's dildo.
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I liked Disco Ball and went there every trip the last few seasons. We rarely do night rides but it was close to Roadrunner, just like the Palapa years ago. Then it got super popular. Sand Hwy became the Disco Ball Express way last season around 7 PM. This season it was even busier 7 PM till 2 AM. Then the trucks started going and blasting through Roadrunner. January 3rd the GF, her kids and I went there in the afternoon. I was not shocked to see the amount of trash on the ground. We picked up as much as we could, mostly bottles and cans, a pair of Crocs, and a complete new factory Polaris manual in the zip lock bag that comes with a new SxS. We didn't touch the wet wipes with the dirty hooker vag juice on them.
As far as removing the 'monuments' so that it's safer because people could crash into them- that's fucking dumb.
Make your own conclusions as to who's to blame-
As far as removing the 'monuments' so that it's safer because people could crash into them- that's fucking dumb.
Make your own conclusions as to who's to blame-
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Maybe there needs to be a fundraiser to buy the Rangers a drone or two. They can use them to catch the dirtbags that leave this trash. I suspect a few steep fines for littering is all it would take for people to start getting the message. Maybe I’m over optimistic 
Poule43
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Not Really - The Human / Dumb factor in this sport and in life allows our legal system to destroy society and take away MANY things that used to be OK to do and we all enjoyed into a Big Brother effect All the time. Everything has to do with Liability and in the end Lawyers get rich and people sue over the most BS stuff - Its why it costs 300 bucks a day for a lift ticket in the USA vs 50 in Europe - You can't sue a ski area there for crashing into something that isn't a padded lift tower - USA - Land of the Lawyer and Insurance company THEY (BLM) CHOOSE TAKE IT AWAY AND ASSUME NO LIABILITY
As soon as they allow 1 "attraction" they just keep popping up. What happens God forbid if someone gets hurt at one of these places and decides to sue - Look at off road racing - people sued events for people being too close to the track (In USA they get paid - in other countries you assume the risk)
Sounds crazy till someone gets injured on something that was not supposed to be there and Authorities knew about it and didn't remove it - Then someone sees a payday or needs someone to blame and Boom - Lawsuit ! - It Sucks BUT that IS America today - Land of the Lawyer and Insurance Company where all common sense goes out the window.
Poule43
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sounds good in theory but be careful what you wish for - The more Budget - supervision and Government involvement wis gonna end up with speed limit and Stop signs in the dunes.Maybe there needs to be a fundraiser to buy the Rangers a drone or two. They can use them to catch the dirtbags that leave this trash. I suspect a few steep fines for littering is all it would take for people to start getting the message. Maybe I’m over optimistic
What I LOVE about Glamis is the openness and Freedom that allows us to have a place to go without all the organized rigid confienments of everyday life - ask for more budgets and supervision and it will be answered. Its a balance and a tough one sometimes - Trash in the dunes is INEXCUSABLE - I always pick up what we see. We need a better culture of self policing that says LEAVE IT BETTER THAN YOU FOUND IT !
I like the goal of what you are saying but not sure if raising $$ for the rangers is the answer based on what they already do with our fee $$
