HCR at the Cracks AZ

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The 4th annual HCR on the Cracks run was a awesoem trip to say the least.

 

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We arrived Friday morning to see TC, Donna, Cliff, Chuck and Vern allready there so we set up camp......

Friday afternoon we headed over to the east 40 to scout some new lines/loops and clear some tumble weeds as there are a few places over there that are always packed in...... we didnt want a hot exhaust pipe to spark one off;

We found a new line that we didnt try because there was alot of tumble weeds and we didnt wanna break anything the first run of the weekend. We did the loop and found the usual spots full of TW's as expected..... here's on of the major places after we cleared it;

 

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Here's another place before;

After;

And we're headed back to camp;

Dan, Julia and Jim showed up at precisely 5:00 as promised and we just hung out the rest of the evening. Saturday morning brought Jim and John from Flag and Jay up from Phoenix for his first trip to the Cracks. We decided, as always, to run the main trails in the usual direction for the first part of the day;

 

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A little bump was required here;

Jay crawled it with his 125" wheelbase;

A few more to go yet;

 

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We continued over Wildmans Crack;

 

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A few steps to play on;

Workin our way to the Snakepit;

Jim decided we want to play on an optional buggy line only to break a front axle on his return trip to the main line...... He and John went back to camp to repair the axle in record time..... they almost caught up with us......

 

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And the Snakepit;

 

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These guys showed up again;

 

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After the Snakepit we headed over to Antmans highdive;

Dan is happy to be here;

and the 3 sisters;

Look whats comin;

 

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The slab;

The Christmas Crew are bringin up the rear;

Husband and wife;

 

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A dust devil in the burn area;

Julia took the squeeze without incident and the rest of us opted for the outer limits;

 

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and we're headin back to camp for lunch when TC and Dan had to show off a bit on Wildmans Crack;

 

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During lunch the clouds made their appearance with some wind and about 3 drops of rain but that died down and we were off to the North Wall;

 

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The bathtub;

 

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Chuck was soilin his drawers;

VernDog had to keep up with big brother;

John flexin out the slinky;

Cliff;

 

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The Scorpion;

 

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