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JROCC Boulder Bash
Group B
November 17th, 2001
This page written by Lee Wells
Photographed by Lee Wells, Greg Hiens & Mark Reiter

The Cast of Characters:

Motley Hill:

Kerry was next, and we decided that I would ride along on this one so we could get our -5 point bonus.  Kerry ran it almost perfectly until the exit gates.  He got a little excited after making it over the last rock ledge and didn't see the exit gate on his side...... 10 points.  With our -5 bonus we ended up with 7 points for the obstacle.
 

Upper Steam Shovel:
The next obstacle was "Upper Steam Shovel".  It starts with a tight turn, then a long climb up a rocky hill.  The crest of the hill leans the rigs into a tree.  After that its a rocky descent with a couple turns before it levels out.  The obstacle ends with an off camber climb and turn that gets a little tippy.  Chrispy was up first again and ran into trouble at the top of the hill.  He got stuck when the tree caught his hoop.  He finally winched himself off the tree, but timed out in the process.

Lower Steam Shovel:
This obstacle was pretty much a long rock garden.  The flags were placed so that you had to make a sharp turn entering the obstacle, then a very off camber walk over a large rock followed by a few more boulders to climb over.  Chrispy started on the obstacle then killed his battery trying to get his engine started after it stalled on the steep entrance.

Kerry was next and hit one flag entering the obstacle because I didn't warn him quickly enough.  After that we put a strap on his roll cage to keep him stable over the off camber rock.  I leaned into the strap, and he made it through just fine.  Next he had to climb over the large boulders, and got lined up right into a flag, so he got another 10 points.  After that it was a fairly easy run to the exit gates.
 

Dozer Pile:
Next we ran Dozer Pile.  It was supposed to be part of the 2nd section, but we got a little turned around and ran it instead of Andy's Crack.  Dozer Pile is short obstacle that was simply a pile of rocks.  Chrispy got his rig straightened out, so he was up first and didn't have any problems here.  Kerry was next and ran it perfectly... 0 points.  Donald also had a perfect zero point run.  And finally Jesse with 32 points.

Kerry was next and made it up the ledge fairly easily.  After that I spotted him a little too close to a flag during a turn, so we got another 10 points.  After that it was smooth sailing.
 

Triple Winch:
This one was ugly!  The entrance was almost a right hand turn down and over a large rock ledge.  After looking it over for a while Kerry and I decided that he would back into the obstacle, take a point for backing up, and then be set up for the rest of the obstacle.  It theory it was a decent idea, but it turned quickly into a mess.  Kerry got pinned between the entrance ledge and the hill on the other side.  We tried to get him turned around, but after a few tries, he broke a front axle shaft.  At that point we decided it would take too long to change the shaft, so we winched him out of the entrance.  We also noticed a leak coming from the transfer case.  After further inspection we decided not to risk and further damage on the last 2 obstacles.  At the time we couldn't see where the leak was coming from, but later Kerry found that the front half of the 231 was cracked.  It appears that the front drive shaft was pushed back into the case.

We were down to 2 members of group B remaining.  Donald was next and pulled straight down into the entrance.  He hit one entrance flag and had to back up a few times to make the turn.  He managed to point out before then end because of a couple other flags.

Jesse was next and tried Kerry's tactic of backing into the entrance.  That worked for him, but he hit a flag on the way in.  After the turn his flex-steer pushed the rear tires into another flag.  It took him a few tries to make it up the next ledge, and right at the end he hit another flag which pushed him over the 40 point limit.

Here is a video clip of Jesse exiting Triple Winch:
Table Top:
Donald was first on Table Top now that Kerry and Chrispy were out of the picture.  This obstacle is simply a steep ledge onto the table top, and then back down through the same gates.  Donald and Kyle started by stacking as many rocks as they could find.  Then Donald launched the FJ onto the top and put on a nice show for the crowd.  Then Kyle grabbed a strap to keep the FJ from endo-ing as Donald backed it down.

Battleship:

Jesse pulled up next and put on a good show as his TJ pulled quite a wheelie going up the first section.  He scraped his passenger side quarter panel from the door back to the corner on the entrance.  With a little work, and a few more lifted tires, he made it through the turn, then launched it to the top of the obstacle.