Trail Report: Rock Hoppers:Farmington, NM

Terry on No Fear

Here's a shot of me going up "No Fear" the easy way. The hard way can be seen behind me. Next time I'd like to try the hard way, but Dennis went up the hard way and broke a u-joint. It was first thing in the morning first day, I didn't want to ruin the weekend. Note the big goofy grin I have.

Phil on The Abyss

Here's a shot of Phil, our trail guide, going over "The Abyss". This obstacle is kind of like Golden Crack, but much deeper and with a drop off on one side that could send you in a long roll into the canyon. Sorry 'bout the fuzzy picture, it was late and raining at the time.

Terry on RJs

Here I am on one of the big stone steps on RJs trail. This is just before my steering shaft popped apart and Matt and I spent time putting it all back together.

One of our trail guides from the Cliffhangers, Rhonda, broke the main shaft of her Dana 20 in her CJ-5 on the Waterfall trail. Didn't think you could break a Dana 20.


Author: Terry L Howe (txh3202@worldnet.att.net)
June 7, 1997