Trip Reports · December 2009

Death Valley – Racetrack

Bytomas December 29, 2009

Found I had an internet connection at our camp near the racetrack, Our trip in Death valley is going well. We had a problem today with the lower shock mount bolt coming off on the drive up racetrack valley. I was able to walk back down the road and found the shock skid and bolt. Reinstalled and what was going to be a difficult fix became easy. Look for more posts after we get back…

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4 Comments

Candace says:

December 30, 2009 at 9:46 AM

amazing that you had an internet connection!

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Bill Hornstein says:

December 30, 2009 at 7:23 PM

Thanks for the info at the Racetrack on Tuesday. We made it through Lippincott Road in one piece. Gnarly!

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Albert says:

December 30, 2009 at 11:12 PM

How the heck did you get internet connection??? It was great meeting you at Death Valley this week. Now I know how to fix up my “baby fj”…..

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1. tomas says:
  
  January 4, 2010 at 7:09 AM
  
  I run a 3 watt cell phone amp with an antenna on the roof. When I turned the amp on my phone went from no bars to full scale.
  
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