Cleghorn 10 5 08
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 2:12 pm
met BlueFJ around 9ish and set on off up the trail
As long as I have known craig, he has never made it over the Cleghorn so we spent around 3 or 4 hours going up all the side trails and taking in the views
oh, one thing, Pucker Hill is closed, for good, to many overturns, it is fenced off.
We met some nice guys from a XJ club. They were amazed at what Craigs FJ could do.
He was doing proud for the FJ Cruiser this day, even without the ahack, he just locked the rear and walked up and over everything thrown at him. I took 2 trails He did not, One was the Squeeze which would have added pinstriping to his DD so he went around, and one was to investigate a huge bolder in the middle of a climb left there by the ground movement. The Squeeze is wider now, but still as of camber as always. It managed to fold my mirrors in. And that bolder is in a bad place, I tried to push it off trail but it was to big so I put a ehrrl on it trying to clip it into mooving, st that point it looked like if it moved I wopuld be off camber an with little traction so I backed off, tryed bumping it with the rear bumper and just gave up, we now have a new obsticle to go around on a climb.
Anyway, a funny note.
on the way home I kept hearing a loud tapping, we looked at my disconect system and thought that was it, we , during 3 stops, dismantled the system and still, taptaptaptaptap. I got out to open the hood and saw my antennae for the amfm had been snagged by a bracket for my light bar and the wind was whipping it back and forth. I felt like an idiot, my discos are sitting on the floor of my Jeep and the fix was a 3 second pull on the antennae.
Oh well, at least I brought it home alive, I was about to call AAA. I would have felt like a jerk if I had and found it once towed home.
As long as I have known craig, he has never made it over the Cleghorn so we spent around 3 or 4 hours going up all the side trails and taking in the views
oh, one thing, Pucker Hill is closed, for good, to many overturns, it is fenced off.
We met some nice guys from a XJ club. They were amazed at what Craigs FJ could do.
He was doing proud for the FJ Cruiser this day, even without the ahack, he just locked the rear and walked up and over everything thrown at him. I took 2 trails He did not, One was the Squeeze which would have added pinstriping to his DD so he went around, and one was to investigate a huge bolder in the middle of a climb left there by the ground movement. The Squeeze is wider now, but still as of camber as always. It managed to fold my mirrors in. And that bolder is in a bad place, I tried to push it off trail but it was to big so I put a ehrrl on it trying to clip it into mooving, st that point it looked like if it moved I wopuld be off camber an with little traction so I backed off, tryed bumping it with the rear bumper and just gave up, we now have a new obsticle to go around on a climb.
Anyway, a funny note.
on the way home I kept hearing a loud tapping, we looked at my disconect system and thought that was it, we , during 3 stops, dismantled the system and still, taptaptaptaptap. I got out to open the hood and saw my antennae for the amfm had been snagged by a bracket for my light bar and the wind was whipping it back and forth. I felt like an idiot, my discos are sitting on the floor of my Jeep and the fix was a 3 second pull on the antennae.
Oh well, at least I brought it home alive, I was about to call AAA. I would have felt like a jerk if I had and found it once towed home.
This trail has got some great views and real fun ascents/descents.
...when I did. Probably why he threw up. 
I believe an FJ would make it up with A-Trac. The longer wheel-base helps. It's a shame it's closed down.