Where’s Bam Bam?

ggordon49 wrote: That is too close to the edge for me  A couple times I have accidentally tried to start the Jeep in gear....

I really like being able to start in gear with the clutch engaged.  It's a good way to get moving smoothly when you stop in the rocks.  An interlock with a bypass switch might be OK.  But personally I'll just keep doing it the old-fashioned way and take responsibility for my own actions (but Stan's suggestion to park it in reverse on the edge of a cliff isn't a bad idea).

Man driving up to the edge like that just makes me nervous, but I would probably still do it for the picture. 

Here are a couple pictures like the one's Stan posted but I cleaned them up a little:





... that view is simply indescribable and a picture would NEVER do it justice. here is an attempt though:



One of the couples up there was from Michigan. He asked me if I had seen any of the YouTube videos of those Willys jeeps that did the Rubicon trail :)

We left southern, IL at noon on Wednesday and made it to the trailhead by 8:30 AM Thursday. Unloaded and started. By the time we got done, we were pretty exhausted but we still managed to drive up to Arches and get as close as we could to the Delicate Arch without making the long hike:

On Friday, Terry and I took his Ranger up on Hell's Revenge:



... This was particularly fun for me. Terry has never been to Moab before and he was very nervous to say the least. He was so nervous, he was making me nervous and it reminded me how I felt the first time I did the trail.   GR8 times!!

Then we went down to see the bridges from the bottom:

   Those photos are super cool. I have never been there to Moab, and photos never do show the true perspective of the depth.
   That big arch was so decieving from a distance, until right upon it ! Wow
That thing is Massive, and thanks guys for the great shots.

   And when the lady mentioned she had seen Videos of you guys on the Rubicon, that was neat because i was just watching one of the 2018 vids this morning.
To watch the videos was just like being there again. Good memories.

   Len

   

I ran HR 3 times last year and 7 times since 2016. It is more fun for me when I’m with friends who have never been on the trail. I really wish the Black Hills/FCT gang would consider going to Moab to do the trail like when they did Ouray a couple years ago. HR is a very cool trail that can be done in stock configuration and gives the group a chance to watch the locker stockers on the optional obstacles. I would totally be there for that.