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  1. surgeryturtle

    Gary Lee meets the Widowmaker!

    A nice selection of Jeeps and Samurais, 7 total, showed up at the trail head to run Metal Masher. We aired down at the Gemini Bridges staging area just off 191. Then we were off. The trail was uneventful until we reached Rock Chucker. Here goes Jim, and yes, that is a bit of snow still...
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    We Be Jeepin Pritchett

    Since several of us are leading and/or gunning Pritchett Canyon during the upcoming Easter Jeep Safari, we thought it would be a good idea to pre-run it as well as to fix one of the winch anchors on Chewy that was damaged last fall. As the sun was shining once again in Moab, a large group showed...
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    Pritchett Canyon with We Be Jeepin!

    Well, its Labor Day weekend and a group of 14 rigs showed up at the Pritchett Canyon trail head, ready for some We Be Jeepin' fun. Yes, here’s the sign to prove that we’re really here. But, I’m also going to include pictures from the trail….stay tuned! Here’s part of the line-up making...
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    4th of July and Hotter than Hell's Revenge!

    A total of 10 rigs showed up at the parking lot to run Hell’s Revenge for the 4th of July. I was elected to lead the trail today and we made a brief stop to look at the dinosaur footprints. Then it was up the slickrock fins and over to the Abyss. This is a nice warm up obstacle and Rick in...
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    Rick's Back Flip off Rock Pile

    Well, I typically paint more of a story than this and plan to come back later and fill this in. But, since many of you might like to see this short video, I will throw it on here for now. Rick is a MFFW member and he was at the RME BBQ on Friday night. He went out with our group on Saturday to...
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    Where Eagles Dare!

    Oh my heck, has springtime come to Moab complete with lots of tourists!?! The WeBeJeepers went out to assist in marking the trail "Where Eagles Dare" and ended up with 10 rigs along for the ride which made for a fun group. The Where Eagles Dare is a route off of the Golden Spike trail so we...
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    Helldorado and BFE Easy Squeezy

    This report is photo heavy so bear with me! Melissa & Redroxx April 12th, 2010 The Samurai’s and the BFJ (Big Fat Jeep) decided it was time to run Upper Helldorado. Gary and Rick were first timers on this trail and I have only been on it once before so we were a bit nervous about...
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    The Thawing of Pritchett! Feb. 27th, 2010

    As many of you know, Moab has been in the evil clutches of winter for several weeks now. In fact, the snowfall has been the worst in 40-50 years. This has been really bad news for the hard core group that loves and requires Jeep trails regularly. The snow has shut down many…..including one of...
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    Snowy Hell's Revenge 2-14-10

    A group from WeBeJeepin' went out on the H.R. trail on Valentine's Day. Well, I’m not going to start off with a story about how the balmy breezes descended on Moab. I keep hoping they will and as in years past, sometime around EJS or shortly afterward, the snow will all melt away and spring...
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    Green Day & AREA BFE in the SNOW!

    Well, the WeBeJeepin trail today was scheduled for Strike Ravine with a tip-toe into Area BFE to see if there was a chance to get on any of the obstacles down there. Six rigs arrive at the trail head. The usual crew plus Jeremy (aka Creampuff) in his shiny JK. He brought his dad Bill along and...
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    Snowy Steel Bender 1/2/10

    Winter still has its snowy grasp on Moab and our scheduled trail, Poison Spider, had to be cancelled due to snow on the slickrock. Jim suggested that we could probably get through on Steelbender so we moved the trail. Still starting at 10:00am to allow the temperatures to warm up a bit, we met...
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    Hell's Revenge-A Christmas miracle!

    So, the die hards come out again! This time it’s Gary Lee, myself, Jeff, Jim, Larry, and Susan. We all met at the newly paved Hell’s Revenge parking lot for the airing down process. Boy, there’s still lots of snow here and snow on the first fin as well. I hope we can make it. Jim says we’re...
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    The Sinking of the Sami...aka Kane Creek Icebustin'

    Well, as you all have probably noticed, there’s not been much wheeling action going on in Moab lately. The cold temperatures and snowy weather have kept us all indoors and we have cabin fever. So, it was time to try our annual tradition of the day after Christmas Kane Creek trail. Last year...
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    Snowy Strike Ravine-Sunday November 15th

    Well, the snow finally came to Moab and left a winter wonderland for Jeeping. We had Strike Ravine on the schedule and a group of 10 rigs was waiting at the South Shell station to see how it is to run Moab in the snow. I can describe it in one word…..BEAUTIFUL. I can also describe it in words...
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    Pritchett Canyon Princess

    I’ve heard discussions about who is the Mayor of Moab and what his qualifications are to deserve such a title. Well, you rarely hear about a lady deserving a rock crawling title but let me set the stage and tell you why Susan Stevens deserves to be the Princess of Pritchett Canyon. I met Susan...
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    Golden Spike-We Be Jeepin'

    So, sixteen rigs headed out on Spike? Is this Easter Safari? Nope, just another We Be Jeepin’ weekend. And, we had quite the crowd showing up at the Cinema on Saturday. Many of our regular club members were missing or we would likely have had over 20 rigs out for the journey to the Golden...
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    National Public Lands Day--Widowmaker approach repair

    Moab Friends-For-Wheelin’ working in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management made repairs on the Metal Masher 4x4 route. Over the years the dugway leading up to the Widowmaker obstacle was washing away making the route dangerous to vehicle traffic. Seventeen members and four guests, two...
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    A smashing good time in Area BFE....MFFW

    Moab Friends For Wheelin'- On Saturday evening, Jeff received a call that Allen….a guy we met out on Pritchett last year on Susan’s birthday…..was in town and looking for carnage. So, everyone that was in Jeff’s garage at the moment, working on Redroxx’s new Dana 60 axle seals, decided to go...
  19. surgeryturtle

    Pritchett Canyon RR4W Labor Day

    Saturday, September 5th. Our first day of the Red Rock Labor Day Campout was some fun on Pritchett Canyon. I haven’t been out to PC for a few months and was really looking forward to some fun. I was not dissapointed. I believe there were 12 rigs and 5 of those were made up of MFFW locals so it...
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    What to do when a person breaks?

    On Labor Day, a group of Red Rock 4 Wheelers were out on the Metal Masher trail when the worst thing happens, someone gets hurt. In this instance, it was a crushed hand injury, caught between a rock and a roll cage. When a Jeep breaks, you have plenty of time and options. But, when a person...
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