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•| Bodie Day 1... |
After 30 miles in the dark Thursday night running Arterial Canyon we set up camp at 2am. M-Chaos added another notch in our Nissan damage counter when he slammed into a boulder in the canyon and bottle necked traffic while changed a punctured tire. Steering adjustments were also later necessary. We awoke at the “Monolith” an old pump tower planted in the middle of the Nevada desert that was spotted at the BITD 2003 Vegas to Reno race by BCG 7 and Buffet.
We headed to Gabbs, the meteor that gobbled up 7 in a BITD race and then to the Miocene Fossil area for some fossil hunting and "code reds". From there it was fast graded roads, spotted range cattle and on into the small town on Mina. We restocked fuel, beverages and ice. We then headed to 8,000 ft elevation through pinion pine tress to "code red" at an abandoned mining shack. We posed for a group photo and headed down the back side of the mountain. A "gotcha" gobbled BCG 1 despite radio warnings. Oops, a bent lower but the crew kept on pace. We exited the dirt though a cattle guard after mis-navigation down a long rocky pole line road. We proceeded through the Monte Cristo Range and on to parts of the Tonoapa 300 course toward Weepah for the night. We set up camp. We assessed damages over "code reds" and a fire. Squid sheared a reservoir hose, Fuse was running on 1 rear shock and TC had no spares left at this point, BCG 7 incurred a flat and we had our first worn ball joint. Oh, BCG 1’s bent lower would complete the list.
PHOTO CREDITS: Travis Sifflinger, Mark Naugle, Nicole Pitell, Tina Lininger, Steve Brosz
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