Moab pics and movies

[ahhjaws]

Well, here it is.
The trip was cut in half due to a death in my friends family, and since they couldn't bring their 4x4 anymore most of the harder trails were cut, but we still had a great time.

Here is the first obstacle I did on one of the trails. It gave me a little hard time (I so wish my rear locker was working)
http://www.4x4ord.com/movies/Moab05-01.wmv

What goes up must come down
http://www.4x4ord.com/movies/Moab05-02.wmv

Here is the first time I offroaded with my axle cam and it went great. Unfortunatley you can either expose for the dark axle/shadows or the sun lit background. This is one I exposed for the background.
http://www.4x4ord.com/movies/Moab05-03.wmv

Another obstacle, not too bad though. When I went down it right before then my rear tires both slipped off the rock and scared the crap out of me cause there's a 100 foot drop right next to it that I thought I was going over.
http://www.4x4ord.com/movies/Moab05-04.wmv

Here is my best friends wife's truck (she wouldn't let him drive it ) She is a beginner 4-wheeler but getting the hang of it. This trail is Salt Creek trail in Canyonlands NP. It's where I got stuck one year in quicksand right after it rained. As soon as we were done with it, I seized up my alternator, so I had to get towed back to camp and then run into town to get it replaced the next day. It was our only trouble all week.
http://www.4x4ord.com/movies/Moab05-05.wmv

All these videos are from the Fins and Things trail right near Moab. Most of the climbs and decents are about a 30-35 degree angle. You have to hit them pretty much straight down or risk rolling. On the decents my spotter had to stand in the middle of the track in order for me to line up cause you can't see the track while approaching it.
http://www.4x4ord.com/movies/Moab05-06.wmv
http://www.4x4ord.com/movies/Moab05-07.wmv
http://www.4x4ord.com/movies/Moab05-09.wmv
http://www.4x4ord.com/movies/Moab05-10.wmv
http://www.4x4ord.com/movies/Moab05-11.wmv
http://www.4x4ord.com/movies/Moab05-12.wmv

This is an stairstep we didn't film it all the way. I had tried going up a different way which had a larger step as you can see in the pics, but I could only get 3 tires over it cause my rear locker isn't working. Plus I hit my driveshaft and I didn't relize my rear air locker was engaged (it leaks is why it doesn't work) and I leaked a lot of diff oil out. So then I went up the easier way as shown in the video.
http://www.4x4ord.com/movies/Moab05-08.wmv

This climb was in the high 30's to 40 degree range no joke. I couldn't tell exactly cause I was white knuckling it the whole way. It's where I got promoted from slightly insaigne to crazy f**k as told to me by my friend.
http://www.4x4ord.com/movies/Moab05-13.wmv

2nd axle cam shot.
http://www.4x4ord.com/movies/Moab05-14.wmv

And here is the final trail we were able to do called Tower arch in Arches NP. Not too hard but it was a good beginner trail for Ashley.
http://www.4x4ord.com/movies/Moab05-15.wmv

And here is just a group shot of all of us.

 

[bmxking5]

Nice pics and vids. I promise I'm gonna go...one day

 

[mynameisaric]

wow.. looks like a blast. someday i'll have to venture out west. love the videos. shows how much more difficult those obstacles are than do pictures.

 

[410Fortune]

Hey thanks for that! Now I miss it even more!
Nothing like a built blue ford on slickrock...


Looks like a blast man!

 

[nevrsumr22]

Man that looks like fun. Is that the same place where the video was shoot of that Bronco going down that rock face out of control?

 

[410Fortune]

that video is of a K5 blazer, the obstacle they were coming down is called Lionsback, and no Lionsback is right inside the town of Moab, it is not pictured in this thread as far as I can see...

Alot of slickrock looks alike

 

[nevrsumr22]

I meant near there.

 

[TheFox88]

Awesome! I love the pics and videos. Great job with everything. Looks like you had a ton of fun. I'm jealous.

 

[ahhjaws]

Yeah, Lionsback is about 2-3 miles from where this trail is.

 

[Redrig]

Nice pics and videos. I appreciate the time you took for us to enjoy it also.

 

[GJarrett]

Nice pics! That steep hill you white-knuckled on Fins 'N Things is called Kenny's Climb and is really fun to do and is one of those obstacles that shows just how steep you can go at Moab. Sounds like you had a great time.... be careful, you might get addicted to Moab!

 

[ahhjaws]

Oh, I'm already addicted. lol Thanks for the name, I was hoping it was called something. Do you happen to know the exact angle it is? I never looked at my meter, but don't even know if it was set right in the first place so it'd make all the measurements off.