Alberta Land Rover Enthusiasts Club Forum
General => Events => Topic started by: Trevor on September 05, 2017, 01:40 PM
With the AMT on fire and the likelihood of that event increasingly in flux, I am thinking about scheduling another run to Moab for late Sept/early Oct 2018 if there is interest. If the AMT still materializes, so be it, I would run both without issue.
However what I am wondering is
1) if you are interested in Moab next fall,
2) are you also pondering coming on the AMT,
3) and if "yes" to #2, would you do both, or one or the other?
AMT?
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AMT = Alexander Mackenzie Trail
Ah. Hoping to make that one. Moab probably not
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AMT for sure!!!!
....moab not so likely
;)
I would be considering both events Trevor. It has been a while.
In a perfect world I'd like to say I would do both. But in reality i will need to choose between one or the other as I don't get much time off from work. So if the AMT is a go I'd want to do that as I've never done that before. Then if I could swing Moab also it would be a bonus!
If AMT is cancelled then count me in for Moab.
Thanks for the feedback guys. There appears to be a bit of interest, depending upon how things unfold. This thread will be here for future comments, so we will see. I've decided that I will be doing a fall run to Moab for sure in 2018. Whether or not it's a club run will depend upon interest here as we get closer.
I am heading down to Moab for the Land Rover National Rally this year. It runs from Sept 17 --> 21, 2018.
I'll be staying in St Danes Cabins (formerly Morris' Last Resort)... www.stdanescabins.com ... from Sept 16 --> 23. Actually I will be there the following week as well, but that week is already committed to some clients/work associates.
If you would like to come down and check out Moab and the Rally, you know where to find me! This isn't an "official" club trip per se. I will be there and am happy to show folks around and give out pointers for the what trails to run on the rally.
I chatted with the LRNR folks the other day and they will have the registration page up in a month or so. I think the cost is usually around US$100. If anyone is interested I will be sure to post a note here once that is active.
Good to hear you're running another trip down there Trevor ;)
Anyone thinking about it.....GO FOR IT!!!! There are lots of great trails down there for ALL skill levels and body types (new or old) 8)
I am going to see how things work out with the AMT trip before I commit to this one. I will keep eyes open. Cheers
Here's a video of me running Hells Gate yesterday on Hells Revenge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAJ_oMdjRvI
Much less eventful than last time, but I'm also about 6 inches wider, which makes all the difference on this one.
Nice job Trevor! I remember that one and it was a real schvinktor schmacker :o
How is the new engine doing????
Looking good. I remember that hill being much steeper in real life than it looks in the video. I bet it's even steeper yet from the drivers seat!
Yeah, she's a steep one. We had one in our group flop on his side mid-point of the climb. Was a bit of an ordeal getting him winched back upright. Had another flop on his side going down the z-turn on Moab Rim, but we managed to get him upright pretty quick and no significant damage.
Engine is running very well Bill. Mechanical fan is keeping it cool enough, but I'll need to sort out a new electric option when I get back just to get the advantage of that big rad. But overall, it's doing very well!
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Engine is running very well Bill. Mechanical fan is keeping it cool enough, but I'll need to sort out a new electric option when I get back just to get the advantage of that big rad. But overall, it's doing very well!
Great to hear!
I stumbled upon this video and I thought some of you might find it interesting. For those that have not seen Hells Gate it gives you a better perspective of how steep it actually is.
The fact that he flops his Jeep on its side is an added bonus :).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2hQyaNgV_w
OUCH!!!! :o
With my recent unfortunate retirement from the AMT this year I'm seriously interested in making it back out to Moab.
I'm all booked for Moab this year. Really looking forward to getting back on the 'slick-rock' again and checking out those truly breathtaking vistas. My wife Joy and son Jason will be accompanying me this time. 8)
Sounds good Matt! Will be great to finally meet Joy and your son. I'm sure they will have a lot of fun down there!
We had a rollover on this trip. The fella behind me was coming up a fin on Hell's Revenge, got his D90 hopping, and tipped off a roughly 8 foot ledge to plant firmly on his roof. Fortunately he had a roll cage. Good example of what tall skinny tires on the nice narrow footprint of a Defender, and a lot of weight up high, will do when you let it get away from you.
Fortunately he was not badly injured. He chipped his knee and had a concussion. This was about the 1/2 way point of the trail so Matt and I got him off the trail and then I ran him over to the hospital.
The picture is in Moab Motorsports yard after the recovery. I kinda like this shot because it shows his very cool tow rig that was used to get the D90 off the trail.
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I think, understandably, this was a heartbreaker for poor John. I hope he doesn't throw in the towel with Land Rovers and off roading.
He had put a lot of time and effort into that unit, it was just set up all wrong for the Moab terrain. I've seen the aftermath of plenty of Land Rover roll overs during my time in the Army. Because of this the first modification I made to my Defender when I finally got my own was to fit a quality roll cage.
After watching how fast and hard John came undone I was very glad he had one too. It's no exaggeration to say that it saved his life!
If you have a utility Land Rover and you go off road, you should take a look at this picture and at least consider some sort of roll over protection. The roof is in no way strong enough to withstand even a light/slow roll or flop.
And on a less serious not, that recovery unit was super cool. I'm actually surprised the Defender is not more beaten up from being recovered from it's very awkward resting place and then getting dragged along the remainder of the trail! Those guy really know their stuff.
Yes, that was a heartbreaker for John. He had done a lot of work on that D90. He certainly was grateful of the cage though, and understandably so. I tend to agree, if it were not in there I doubt he would have made it.
Thankfully the side-by-side was beside him as well when he landed. I'm not sure if he would have taken another roll if it weren't there because he did plant pretty hard square on the roof. But if he had the momentum to take another roll, it was about 100ft straight down the next ledge.
I had been waffling on getting a cage for the Disco. This event un-waffled me!