How 'bout this?
Let's play; Where is this....
Started by JackAttack, Sep 29 2009 05:26 PM
76 replies to this topic
Posted 06 October 2009 - 12:03 PM
BoogersDad said:
Fred's?
Hmmm, I figured you or Tim would nail this, but have not heard it called that. Where does Fred's run to or from?
Posted 06 October 2009 - 12:28 PM
OUTERLIMITS said:
How 'bout this?
Posted 06 October 2009 - 12:55 PM
RottenRob said:
Rocky Suite, You hit it after leaving Gonzaga Bay going south?
Close. BD may have hit it, just unsure of that name. Doable on a quad, but not recommended unless you like a good laugh.
The bottom
Posted 06 October 2009 - 02:25 PM
Yeah, easy one, Freds aka: The Overlook.
I still crack up that you took a poor sap on a quad down that and thru the wash.:thumbsup:
Fred must have been a dreamer (lucky for us!).
I think Rob is thinking of Satans Anus/The Slucebox/Mine Trail.
I still crack up that you took a poor sap on a quad down that and thru the wash.:thumbsup:
Fred must have been a dreamer (lucky for us!).
I think Rob is thinking of Satans Anus/The Slucebox/Mine Trail.
Posted 06 October 2009 - 02:28 PM
BoogersDad said:
Fred's?
Dang. You beat me to it. I guessed it before the pic even finished loading.
When are we going to ride up it? Hell Ride?
Posted 06 October 2009 - 02:41 PM
OUTERLIMITS said:
Hmmm, I figured you or Tim would nail this, but have not heard it called that. Where does Fred's run to or from?
They call it Fred's because a guy named Fred made it. He thought that since he had a love for Gonzaga bay that he could plow a road through the hills across from El Pedrogroso and exit the wash a few miles to the south of Punta Final. Thus making the trip quicker. Little did he know if he just waited they would build a Highway to Gonzaga...YIKES
Believe it or not this was originally plowed by a tractor and a vehicle could make it, allegedly.
My buddy Jesse, the Baja nomad who is probably badder than any of us fools when it comes to Baja, told me the story. His family Friend is the Vic family whose patriarch is probably one of the exalted Baja moto living legends and has a home next door to another one, Ron Bishop in Punta Final.
You believe? I do
Posted 06 October 2009 - 02:45 PM
motomanx said:
Dang. You beat me to it. I guessed it before the pic even finished loading.
When are we going to ride up it? Hell Ride?
When are we going to ride up it? Hell Ride?
Hell ride has a small shot at this but right now I am planning this little stunt for a night ride on Rip to the Tip 5 in 2010.
I will be there this Mon but I think I am skipping Fred's, been speaking with BajaBound monkey (return my email fool) and Bill Nichol and we will be riding some things I haven't seen and making new ones we have sussed out a bit.
Viva Baja
Posted 06 October 2009 - 02:48 PM
BajaBoundMoto said:
I still crack up that you took a poor sap on a quad down that and thru the wash.:thumbsup:
He was not a happy camper. He loved the ride down, but hated the bottom. Had we known at the time what it entailed, we never would have gone that way with him.
motomanx said:
When are we going to ride up it? Hell Ride?
Now that could be a fun ride! Go out on Nichols rock trail, stay at Alphonsinas, then go up this. Not sure how much fun it'd be going back up though.
Posted 06 October 2009 - 03:32 PM
BajaBoundMoto said:
Yeah, easy one, Freds aka: The Overlook.
I still crack up that you took a poor sap on a quad down that and thru the wash.:thumbsup:
Fred must have been a dreamer (lucky for us!).
I think Rob is thinking of Satans Anus/The Slucebox/Mine Trail.
I still crack up that you took a poor sap on a quad down that and thru the wash.:thumbsup:
Fred must have been a dreamer (lucky for us!).
I think Rob is thinking of Satans Anus/The Slucebox/Mine Trail.
We are planning to go up Fred's in November, can't wait:bonk:
Posted 06 October 2009 - 04:18 PM
RottenRob said:
Never heard it called that but all three would describe it.
We are planning to go up Fred's in November, can't wait:bonk:
We are planning to go up Fred's in November, can't wait:bonk:
Thanks, I really needed the pre ride jitters allready......
Posted 07 October 2009 - 07:38 AM
I'm not sure the "name" of this place... But I love it. And can point to it on a map.
Posted 07 October 2009 - 08:58 AM
johnnyairtime said:
I'm not sure the "name" of this place... But I love it. And can point to it on a map.
nljustin said:
Between El Rosario and Guayquil?
... Correct.
In the area of the rocky uphill climb to the mesa. Some beautiful views of the valleys and surrounding area.
Posted 07 October 2009 - 09:05 AM
I don't have fond memories of that area. Maybe that's why I recognized it. It's a little spooky at night without a light and some straggler latched onto your footpeg.
Posted 07 October 2009 - 09:23 AM
johnnyairtime said:
I'm not sure the "name" of this place... But I love it. And can point to it on a map.
The road where you see the dust has some tricky parts for a TT. We always take it easy on this part of the road.
I've been through on non-race days and it seems like you are on another planet. The uphill always seems easier when you get there, always revving the boys up on it. The entire top was on fire when I got there in the TT in 07
Posted 07 October 2009 - 09:26 AM
Oh yeah, I forgot about all the brush fires people had set along the course... talk about spooky!
Posted 07 October 2009 - 09:28 AM
nljustin said:
Oh yeah, I forgot about all the brush fires people had set along the course... talk about spooky!
You were towing my bike team right? We were there at almost the same time!
Posted 07 October 2009 - 09:40 AM
nljustin said:
I don't have fond memories of that area. Maybe that's why I recognized it. It's a little spooky at night without a light and some straggler latched onto your footpeg.
... I've been through there in pitch black and hated on each rock I encountered. During the day, or early AM or dusk... it's just killer.
The rocks don't look like much in pictures;
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BoogersDad said:
The road where you see the dust has some tricky parts for a TT. We always take it easy on this part of the road.
I've been through on non-race days and it seems like you are on another planet. The uphill always seems easier when you get there, always revving the boys up on it. The entire top was on fire when I got there in the TT in 07
I've been through on non-race days and it seems like you are on another planet. The uphill always seems easier when you get there, always revving the boys up on it. The entire top was on fire when I got there in the TT in 07
... How about those rains the day before the race in '07, which dried up all the silt ?! Gotta love it. Never knew it was on fire.... bummer.
I couldn't help myself one day, stopping and snapping picture after picture;
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