Independent Event GRENADIER OCTOBERFEST MOAB

[Brandtnm]

Day 4
It was a fun day finishing the rimrocker and going over Geyser Pass to Kokopelli trail to Porcupine Rim.
Leaving the lake campsite in the high pines.

Snack break at dark canyon lake

Back down to the dust



Moab finally in site
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Heading towards kokopelli

Kokopelli trail tracking station road
To porcupine rim, which is a serious trail on stock 31”’s-bring 34”s or bigger.


And then things Went to HELL


Migs slipped while spotting and broke the crap out of his ankle (zoom in for ice and swelling!)
Due to lateness of the day we were forced to camp there, just at the top. Consolation prize was the best views ever while having your ankle stabilized.


So bed early for all
After a soft sunset

Tomorrow we see if Migs can drive…

 

[parb]

Rolled into Moab around noon. did the fins'n'things trail before I went over to the registration.

Lots of nice folks there. Shout-out to my friends in line with their beautiful shale blue grenadier from Georgia! Loved the bull bar. Also shout-out to Bill who recognized my first name from the forum name (I'm par).

Tech inspection. They saw the 3-4 rock kisses from the trail on my rival skid plate.. Not bad just some scratches. Great day so far!

 

[74CampySuperRecord]

New arrival.

 

[74CampySuperRecord]

Scott Brady in the new Quartermaster

 

[anand]

New arrival.

Nice raptor with an AT Habitat on the back!

 

[Ovrland Bill]

I don’t know where or when this happened, but it looks like some participants had “percussion modifications” made to the exhausts of their Grenadiers.

 

[anand]

I don’t know where or when this happened, but it looks like some participants had “percussion modifications” made to the exhausts of their Grenadiers.View attachment 7873065

Like in the Toyota world where the same thing happens, it's time to cut the tips off and have it exit under the vehicle! In our 4Runner I had to do that on the trail while on the KAT

 

[Brandtnm]

Day 5 Pre Rally rally
(Late report because there was so much to do at the actual rally)

We were all up early to check on Migs and were treated to this lovely sunrise

After more efforts to get Mig’s ankle stablized and everyone pitched in to get his gear packed and his truck loaded, he decided he could drive with left foot braking and limited throttle. So we made some extra strong coffee and upped the Vitamin I dosage.

After everyone got their own gear stowed in the trucks we started the route back out.

MiGs did great , even with fill-in spotters, because he could not get out to check lines himself.




After a long time and some rock stacking for the low truck (us) we got out of the rocks and onto Sand Flats road

MTN4x4 was running low on radio battery by this time so we all just caravanned to the hospital

MiGs was stuck it the ER for hours. Apparently fractured both lower leg bones. What a boss to drive out! Unfortunately that was the end of wheeling for the Pre- Rally Rally

We were in Moab a day early, but the ideas of the White Rim trial as a finish ride evaporated under the stress of a ‘lost time’ injury and sorrow that our buddy was going to miss the real rally.

Migs hotel’d it that night and headed home the next day. ( Octoberfest staff was great and gave us all his swag-which I’ll mail up)
Mtn4x4 went out and camped in the desert.
We hotel’d it and spent the afternoon in the pool with adult beverages, reflecting on a good adventure.

From comfy homes, to nearly 13,000 ft and across Poughkeepsie’s rocks to Como Lake, from RimRocker’s big night skies, Geyers 10600’ fire roads and Porcupine Rim’s steep shelf rock and injurious sandy stone, we had crossed some wild, and widely varied terrain. Adventures usually have highs and lows. These were more drastic than usual.

Regardless, it was an Adventure!
- new places, new faces, new friends-

Our poolside ruminations all happened as we watched Octoberfesters roll into town in their shiny and clean Grenadiers, past our filthy little truck, banged skid plates and full trasharoo. Soon, they too would be covered in Utah’s ruddy brown dust, and many would show a new skid plate scuff or three.

Thanks to everyone who came along and to all those that wished us well when their commitments kept them away! I’m pretty sure we weren't the first Grenadiers along the Rim Rocker, but we certainly had the most fun in the dust during the day and under the Milky Way at night, and we were the first pre rally rally Grenadiers ever. A good cocktail napkin plan should never be underestimated.

 

[jesmor3]

I don’t know where or when this happened, but it looks like some participants had “percussion modifications” made to the exhausts of their Grenadiers.View attachment 7873065

I believe some vendors did Hell's Revenge and got some new mods there doing lines not provided in the event.

 

[parb]

Those exhaust note modifications are epic!

 

[parb]

Here is a link to the pics I took from the event. I had to leave Saturday morning for my brother's birthday party so only pics from Thursday and Friday.
Enjoy!

And yeah, I renamed it to GrenadierFest. Seemed more appropriate to me, especially if it is happening again in May!

https://photos.app.goo.gl/9pG7uvF2J3y74kYA8