Here are my shots from Raw Deal.
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We ended up spending so much time on Raw Deal that we couldn't run Lower Terminator with the full group. Full group is a relative term though. We started with 9 and lost 2 at the first obstacle.
First of all, there was a lot of water trapped in bowls carved out of the rock terrain. The water was inevitably right in front of the obstacles to be climbed so traction was not at it's best. msupertek, grenaded a manual hub knocking him out of the run. He went back to Phoenix and picked up a new hub from FLY-N-HI. Jefe found his front PowerTrax has quit working for him. No power was being transmitted to one tire at all so he was out for the rest of the run as well.
On Lower Raw Deal's last obstacle Danny Boy got hung up and pulled his rear driveshaft apart, that was an easy fix. He wasn't as lucky on Upper Raw Deal though. As he was climbing the last hill his manual hub blew.
Next up for carnage was Justin McNeil. He had just started up the hill when we heard a nice loud snap. Justin blew the U-bolts on his rear drive shaft off the yoke. I just happened to have an extra set and he was on his way in short order.
The worst carnage of the day was with the milder group. On the way back from the trail offroadkc (driving Robb's Jeep) didn't see a stop sign and T-boned a new Grand Cherokee. Kevin said he was doing about 45 and barely had a chance to slow down. Thankfully Kevin and Robb are fine. The passenger of the Cherokee wasn't in great shape, but her injuries weren't too severe. Her husband seemed fine.
That was the culmination of a day full of carnage for their group as well. I'll let some of their guys tell the story on that though.
We still have a day to go and I know tomorrow's runs will be awesome
