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Even if you run it all in low range I can't imagine OnX's "Phillips Loop" taking more than a couple of hours. The technical spot in Phillips wants great articulation or at least one TAD. Without one it could take a while. With one it's maybe 15 minutes for a driver of moderate skill. How I...

As of this past Friday the washed-out section between Bismarck and Wall St. Cyn on the "Wall St. Overlook" OnX route is not really passable by anything less than a full-on rock buggy. A narrow one at that. The technical spot in Wall St. Cyn below the Rock Cabin looks passable, but it's...

Sonny, there are the two canyons, Doran and Odessa, that have the more extreme technical spots in them. There are other spots that are technical, but not to the level of those two canyons. I use Gaia for occasional reference, but don't have any routes plotted. FWIW Gaia's map of the area does...

I think that UV-5R's come modified. Try 151.625

Comms, I need to know what those who plan on going on my runs are using for radios. If you have a 2M, does it have the MARS-CAP modification?

So 6G's tend to be GMRS, G1's tend to be 2M if not still cb, & we desert race support folks are 2M regardless of what we're driving. That's the great thing about having standards, we have so many to choose from! I have some loaner 2M H-T's that I'm planning on bringing to Calico for use on my...

Not sure where to put this. Are there now established frequencies, either 2M or GMRS, used on trail runs, etc? Pondering this for the upcoming Calico run.

STILL have these, make an offer.

I haven't gotten that far yet. 8am would be good, not sure if we can actually pull that off. I'd say no later than 9am. Pending getting clear of one obligation I am thinking to head out there on Thursday to look at some of the spots that have been problems in the past. Anyone interested is...

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We'll leave both days from Main Camp in Mule Cyn.

Some relevant google maps links: Afton Canyon Ghost town Rd Hotel Outlet Center Hotels Barstow Food 4 Less Barstow Stater Bros. Barstow Wal-Mart (it's there, the sat image is out of date) While I'm at it, a few POI's: BLM Desert Discovery Center Barstow RR Terminal, Museum, & Harvey...

I'm thinking to do a trail run on Saturday in the Calico Mtn's themselves, and then another run on Sunday, possibly out to Afton Cyn. Afton is sometimes called the "Grand Cyn of the Mojave River" for good reason. It's not as deep or as long, but it is spectacular. It is also one of the rare...

Some of those printers can work from an image. I had some "Chris-Craft" logos made for La Blanca Ballena that way.

Which day, and lunch or dinner at Peggy Sue's?

Be careful with the hotels in town (past meth-heads issues, no idea what the sitch is now). I'd look at the hotels either down at the Outlet Mall or the hotel at Ghost Town Rd. I've done Calico trips where we got all of our provisions from the Food 4 Less sort of hidden on the North side of the...

Afton Cyn on Sunday? Or?

Odessa used to be 'easy' compared to Doran. In the late 50's my dad drove his Studebaker down Odessa while on a Photography Expedition. The whole canyon road was paved back then! As has been mentioned in previous posts, Ground Zero is usually the flat area in Mule Cyn just above where Phillips...

This is me in the avatar at "The Narrows" at the top of Odessa about 27 years ago. This is NOT as tight as as the canyon gets, but it has a rock placed perfectly to catch the LR upper corner of your top if things haven't changed. If there's enough interest in runs that I've proposed I'd be...

Let's kick this one off and get it going. Per Dusty's post...