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I couldn't find the NCLR selection in the registration drop-down menu. I wonder if NCLR is in good standing lol

I’d be up for a fall Baja too ❤️❤️

Definitely interested. I think our spring break is at the end of March - beginning of April. Went with Nick and Ted a couple years ago, been dying to go back.

Someone said Baja??? 🙋🏼‍♂️

I want to go on this trip just for the chili and morning latte

It got so bad a couple years ago, and I thought I had an alternator issue, that we went and spent the night in Vegas. Turns out it was one of their worse wind storms that year, the air was super dusty. Caught up the next morning but had to bail that afternoon due to two bad tires, and I borrowed Sasha’s spare for several miles of track till we got to the pavement. Still want to go finish that section to get caught up.

If I can go, I’ll have room. If you have a ground tent (I actually have a small 2-person you could borrow) and sleeping bag, you could probably run with me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I hope to make it!

Would love to make it, hope I can work it out! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

In the end, I have to be in the Bay by 4 pm or so, so I can’t make it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

October till the end of the month is stacked but the first two weeks of November are open. Might be snow then tho. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yes please!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Looks like I work on the 17th now, so maybe just one night of camping for me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This sounds fun, if I am in the area, I will be there!

Are there any shirts or patches left? I may not have gone with you guys but I did, kind of haha. And I helped plan it, so maybe that’s good enough to let me buy one? Or were there a set amount? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

How much were the hats this year?? JUST KIDDING, JUST KIDDING Eric, they look sharp. Nice work on the swag! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Had a blast today with Jake, Josh and Shannon, Mark (new to rovering his Rover), and Ted with his son JT. The two trails had some spicy section but everyone made it through relatively unscathed. Even Marks AWD 2016 LR4 on basically all-seasons made it through everything (more of a testament to his driving!). We ate lunch at the top of the trail that overlooks Caples Lake and Kirkwood. There were a few other groups on the trail and had some good chats. We can be friends with Toyotas, Jeeps, and motorbikes haha. We ended the day at Tamarack Lake in Hope Valley, which was really low for some reason. Only I took a quick plunge in the lake to rinse off the trail dust. Hope to do another trail day soon! Now how do I post videos??? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That’s a ridiculous expectation for t-shirts lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yea, I need to be reminded to continue if I Pause the recording lol. But looking at the track, just south of Gap Ranch, you guys bypassed a section that we did, which probably saved you some time, but that one part you guys did in the Rock Garden from Hell wasn't what we did. I remember looking at some satellite imagery in that area and wondering how the heck there's a track there and how did the people who made it get through there. Super remote. Looking at it on Google Earth, we should have gone the way you guys took, it looks well traveled in comparison. Where the intersection is, we tracked west and you guys tracked north. All this to say, if we do a trip to this region again, we route for an easier trail through this section, if at all.

So I was trying to compare the NCLR route to ours, and it looks like in the Rock Garden From Hell, NCLR took a slightly different route. Where as we went by two "lakes" (dry lake beds; green line), the NCLR group turned north before we did (cyan and light blue lines). Looking at the contour lines that the light blue line goes through (north bound), was that a steep area? So I am wondering if that's why there was such carnage and a different experience through that area. Of course now it sounds like it's a paved highway from all the rocks that were removed... The dropped pin are the coords that Paul gave us in the WhatsApp chat. The true definition of trail blazers... I'd love to compare the tracks if anyone recorded them...

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Man Miles, what a great write up. I would’ve loved to experience those historic stops you guys made along the way. Just goes to show there’s always something to explore and discover. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I don’t think so. On our run, besides my LR4, we had my LR3, Nick’s 110 on 37’s with spacers, an 80 Land Cruiser with basically the same set up as Nick, and an LC 60 on 30” KO2’s (but a very narrow track). I think it’s just the luck of the draw on some of these tracks. We had zero tire issues in the Christmas Valley region, and only one mechanical (blown strut). But then last year in the Mojave, I sideswipe a rock I could see at the edge of the track and blew the sidewall. Just a big oof. We also encountered the nearly 17 combined miles of volcanic chunkiness at the same time of day, and go super slowed down as well. It was torture lol. These memories will live on forever. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

No worries man, as one of the three planners (and de facto pre-runner), this was not taken as criticism, just good feedback. I’m sure we’ll give as much heads up as possible. I gave my group a 6 months heads up and then got date suggestions and it worked perfect. We’ll strive to make it happen for as many as possible. Family trips are the best trips. [emoji1317] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Where in Auburn? Maybe I’ll come hang for a ceremonial send-off. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk