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Old July 8th 05, 06:12 AM
L.W.(ßill) Hughes III
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We turn around nearly one hundred percent of the time, just use
common sense before we commit ourselves to the turn, being careful not
to cut someone off: http://www.billhughes.com/tascher/comphill.htm
http://www.billhughes.com/temp/glamis.mpg
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Tirya wrote:
>
> Yup. Regarding turning and coming back down frontwards if you lose
> momentum, I think you'd get booted out of the park (if you didn't roll it
> first), as all of the dunes are strictly one-way traffic... I may be
> misremembering, though.
>
> I'd also guess that those are also the local tour rentals - they all have
> their tops on.
>
> I learned the hard way that it's possible to get body damage on the dunes.
> I was taking a run at Test Hill, saw a piece of driftwood in my path at the
> base of the hill, figured that rather than find a different line, I'd just
> straddle it, no problem. I hit the bottom of the hill, the nose went up,
> the tail went down, the gas tank skid went BANG onto the driftwood, bashed
> it upwards about 2 inches in the middle, and I suddenly lost a couple of
> gallons-worth of capacity. My gas gauge was screwed up until I got a new
> skid plate that let the tank pop back out into shape. Oops...
>
> Made it up and over the hill, though...
>
> Tirya
> '99 TJ Sahara
> TDC Inca Jeeper
> A girl and her Jeep... it's a beautiful thing...

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