Upper Wood Pecker 11-17-07

[DanFelix]

Allen, thanks for coaching many of us through the trail, you made it all that much better, it was great. I had an excellent time!!! And after all the warnings, I still have my steps intact, I'll lose them some day and then have an excuse for sliders. Here are some pics I took, there were 14 jeeps out there today so I can't even begin to remember who's jeep belonged to who.

[DanFelix]

Is that Amber reading a newspaper on the trail!!!

[DanFelix]

A few more pics...

[Allen]

Your welcome! It was a blast!

Click the photo below to see the whole album of photos that Number7 took with my camera!

http://photos.imageevent.com/frag_o_matic/main/upperwoodpecker2/websize/DSCF0713.JPG (http://imageevent.com/frag_o_matic/main/upperwoodpecker2?n=0)

[YGOHOME]

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http://inlinethumb39.webshots.com/27942/2290642280059825998S600x600Q85.jpg

[Allen]

Heres a few!

http://photos.imageevent.com/frag_o_matic/main/upperwoodpecker2/websize/DSCF0701.JPG

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There is more in the album (http://imageevent.com/frag_o_matic/main/upperwoodpecker2)

[Number 7]

Hey Everyone!

It was a great day for wheeling in FJ!

A few of us broke off from the airdown to hit Lower on the way out to Upper Woody:

http://inlinethumb05.webshots.com/30532/2058814540100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2058814540100085335WaSXFJ)

Here's Jaime on an alternate line:

http://inlinethumb01.webshots.com/30976/2249531820100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2249531820100085335gQeQau)

And Ben right behind him:

http://inlinethumb39.webshots.com/28518/2020731810100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2020731810100085335rnduJU)

And then Allen followed them but George was all 'Allen, go that way!'

http://inlinethumb03.webshots.com/31170/2381293370100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2381293370100085335PETTgx)

We took 'The Bypass' road:

http://inlinethumb56.webshots.com/30263/2988930780100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2988930780100085335uRfEjz)

While a lot of guys stayed down in the wash:

http://inlinethumb25.webshots.com/30808/2906254540100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2906254540100085335AfYTqY)

http://inlinethumb07.webshots.com/28934/2210662490100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2210662490100085335xqZvpT)

http://inlinethumb57.webshots.com/29880/2679803600100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2679803600100085335GERFld)

Jack went the same way George did:

http://inlinethumb33.webshots.com/26208/2245264060100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2245264060100085335NTpDTb)

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[Number 7]

All of a sudden I look over my sholder & see Ben on an Up&Over I had pointed out to him & Jaime:

http://inlinethumb35.webshots.com/28642/2204873350100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2204873350100085335BEbslk)

We got Allen strapped to him & pulled him off:

http://inlinethumb56.webshots.com/29175/2032291600100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2032291600100085335xQpMKC)

Gosh! All that for 1 photo!!!

http://inlinethumb12.webshots.com/29643/2534353880100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2534353880100085335uSSkWX)

Then it was on to Upper. George on the Windshield Rock:

http://inlinethumb08.webshots.com/29639/2561182890100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2561182890100085335kJWbVg)

Chad just weasled right through (after scarring the bee-geebers out of everybody getting WAY tippy):

http://inlinethumb12.webshots.com/29195/2062481520100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2062481520100085335HbLEUK)

Whoops! That's Windshield Rock Tie-Rod Carnage:

http://inlinethumb29.webshots.com/29980/2446318770100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2446318770100085335uNjGRE)

A few more takers none-the-less:

http://inlinethumb40.webshots.com/28519/2950548180100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2950548180100085335TmtETn)

Jaime's all 'Hey, where's the white line?'

http://inlinethumb63.webshots.com/31102/2957707190100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2957707190100085335GMzMlT)

Here's Chuck Boyd:

http://inlinethumb57.webshots.com/29624/2092707630100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2092707630100085335QYwckG)

And George is like: 'Dude, it'll buff out':

http://inlinethumb01.webshots.com/31232/2331597790100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2331597790100085335iNWwkT)

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[Number 7]

Here's KenD showing everyone how to squeeze a JK through the Windshield Rock:

http://inlinethumb01.webshots.com/29376/2308297690100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2308297690100085335muzlGK)

Check out this picture of Ben Tate; doesn't it look like he's going over for sure?

http://inlinethumb21.webshots.com/31316/2165443990100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2165443990100085335hUSBtm)

And again George with the buff-out business:

http://inlinethumb16.webshots.com/28175/2027741000100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2027741000100085335fixUPd)

Ben bypassing the Fire-hole:

http://inlinethumb19.webshots.com/29778/2887054430100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2887054430100085335EUluwg)

Jack stylin' some new lift & tires:

http://inlinethumb26.webshots.com/31193/2116772270100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2116772270100085335cGeHng)

Jaime up&over the Firehole:

http://inlinethumb50.webshots.com/29553/2762435050100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2762435050100085335raVOPP)

KenD:

http://inlinethumb41.webshots.com/29160/2762319750100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2762319750100085335cOiaAn)

http://inlinethumb52.webshots.com/29619/2816904860100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2816904860100085335wjJrWV)

BenT:

http://inlinethumb30.webshots.com/30045/2999731360100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2999731360100085335qoNBqq)

http://inlinethumb23.webshots.com/29334/2594217160100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2594217160100085335uTghks)

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[Number 7]

Here's George with BenT, 'Hey, I was just kidding about the buffing-out stuff, lemme out':

http://inlinethumb25.webshots.com/31000/2834253860100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2834253860100085335pYMscD)

Here's Miles going straight up the Devil's Back:

http://inlinethumb16.webshots.com/29647/2588856220100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2588856220100085335fgUnxh)

Allen practicing photo-kinesis:

http://inlinethumb61.webshots.com/27900/2530668350100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2530668350100085335EEbqTu)

Allen getting some air on the Devil's Back:

http://inlinethumb30.webshots.com/27293/2509275200100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2509275200100085335UGXSVS)

George contemplating Devil's Back:

http://inlinethumb33.webshots.com/30304/2420986110100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2420986110100085335UjqbGr)

Ben's all; Hey, if Amber can do it, so can you, George:

http://inlinethumb02.webshots.com/29377/2634175160100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2634175160100085335ZWYMtT)

Chuck Boyd's awesome CJ:

http://inlinethumb54.webshots.com/28789/2552628070100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2552628070100085335IZxJUW)

All caught up:

http://inlinethumb15.webshots.com/30286/2979604160100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2979604160100085335TAoeCO)

I nicknamed him Alternative-line Allen today:

http://inlinethumb36.webshots.com/28579/2379492270100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2379492270100085335qKyVto)

http://inlinethumb31.webshots.com/27998/2163442130100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2163442130100085335rRGjOl)

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[CaptainMorgan]

Awesome...I wish I lived closer to that trail

[Number 7]

Then everybody followed him:

http://inlinethumb52.webshots.com/27891/2612133120100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2612133120100085335nkORnY)

Then my camera started sporadically dying. I managed to get Ken on this Up&Over:

http://inlinethumb39.webshots.com/28390/2602550000100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2602550000100085335EvACHj)

Yes, this left a mark, and no, I don't think it's going to buff out:

http://inlinethumb09.webshots.com/28552/2664141570100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2664141570100085335IzgXHg)

And George on this Up&Over by the V-Notch:

http://inlinethumb05.webshots.com/29764/2006536160100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2006536160100085335oskoPm)

And I got a shot of Miles' carnage:

http://inlinethumb61.webshots.com/30524/2507516430100085335S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2507516430100085335cVztGm)

Everyone told him if he took the passenger one off his wife wouldn't notice.

And then my camera officially died for the day so I grabbed Allen's.

It was an awesome day with some fun folks. Glad you Phoenix guys finally made it out to FJ. Nice, huh?

The rest of my photos are on my webshots, take a look. d

[RandyT]

It was a great day for wheeling! Thanks to all involved. Nice to meet some new :10900:and see some old :wheelchair: faces. :)

Here are a few of my pics....

http://www.mountaininternet.com/111707/1.jpg

http://www.mountaininternet.com/111707/2.jpg

http://www.mountaininternet.com/111707/3.jpg

http://www.mountaininternet.com/111707/4.jpg

http://www.mountaininternet.com/111707/5.jpg

[Miles2go1979]

It was great to see everyone again today. It was a great day... had lots of fun despite the speeding ticket and carnage... my wife wasn't too upset, but she did ground me for a while :(

[Number 7]

It was great to see everyone again today. It was a great day... had lots of fun despite the speeding ticket and carnage... my wife wasn't too upset, but she did ground me for a while :(

I missed the part about the speeding ticket - on the way there or on the way home?

Sorry Miles, that sucks.

[Dave@desertfab.com]

Killer picture !!!! what kind of camera do you have ??


http://www.mountaininternet.com/111707/4.jpg

[Miles2go1979]

Got pulled over less than a quarter of a mile from my house this morning. 47 in a 35... Looks like I'll be taking the traffic class soon... can't afford for the insurance to go up :(
I ended up being late to the airdown spot. That didn't end up mattering concidering how long we had to wait for ya'll to finish lower woody.

[amber.hodge]

well, just got home and went out to eat with the family and then came home and were too dead to do anything but crawl in bed.
Will post up our pics later on today.......

And no, JDJ, I was not reading a newspaper - that was Mom with Better Homes and Gardens.....she must have been getting ideas for a boulder garden in her own michigan backyard! :D

[YGOHOME]

Got pulled over less than a quarter of a mile from my house this morning. 47 in a 35... Looks like I'll be taking the traffic class soon... can't afford for the insurance to go up :(
I ended up being late to the airdown spot. That didn't end up mattering concidering how long we had to wait for ya'll to finish lower woody.



That sucks, sorry about your ticket. Next time I think if we maintain smaller groups we won't have the congestion or the waiting in the long train line or waiting for smaller groups to catch up... but I'm glad we all got to wheel together yesterday.

And I'm guessing the person who's tie-rod bent made it home okay?... if that person needs a like new replacement, let me know cuz I've got one they can have.

[rockclimber]

Had a great time guys. I have a stack of pics but they won't upload right now... stupid intel firewall :banghead:. I will see if I can get them uploaded when I get home.

[rockclimber]

gee just how tippy did it look from the outside cuz man I thought I was eatin some rock
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s188/chadsaref/november%20fj%20run/NovemberJeepRun2007002.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s188/chadsaref/november%20fj%20run/NovemberJeepRun2007010.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s188/chadsaref/november%20fj%20run/NovemberJeepRun2007032.jpg

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s188/chadsaref/november%20fj%20run/NovemberJeepRun2007067.jpg

the rest can be found here:
http://s152.photobucket.com/albums/s188/chadsaref/november%20fj%20run/

[CJ2TJ]

Yes, we got home with the bent tie rod just fine. Thanks for the offer on the replacement. Allen gave me some info on a heavy duty one so I am going to go that route and try to avoid a repeat down the road. Luckily I have an alternate vehicle for this week

[Number 7]

Hi you guys,

I emailed Paul, the photographer who was riding with Chuck on this run, to get the link to the photos he took that day. He asked me to share it with you all, so here you go:

Go to his website: www.paulkuhnimages.com

On the right side of the home page there is a login button. Click that and then type in the user ID which is: woodpecker. Then type in the password which is: 2007.

Enjoy!!

[RandyT]

Thanks. Those are great pics!

[RandyT]

Killer picture !!!! what kind of camera do you have ??


http://www.mountaininternet.com/111707/4.jpg

Thanks! I have a camera that takes pictures that can be edited in Photoshop!
Even the unedited shot is cool. He was not posing, he was rolling as I snapped away.

[YGOHOME]

wow! you all took some awesome photos!

That red CJ of Chucks is totally cool. And I especially like that photo of everyone looking under my jeep to see what I tore off on that UpAndOver obsticle:D

I can't wait to get out to FJ again. that was fun