2011 pics

Left thursday 12-30-2010 for what was suppose to be a coyote trip.
14 degrees, winter storm warnings and cars in every ditch.
This picture was taken on I-25 by Johnston Corner
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Figured with the weather it was not going to be a hunting trip...
Woke up -7 degrees winds blowing at least 30 making the wind chill -35
26 miles in by gravel roads white out conditions. Figured we had better stay in the ditch.
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As you can see it was not a good day to be out...
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Goggles and glasses frosted over... eyelashes froze together
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10 miles up the creek...
saw a couple hundred sage grouse and a few antelope
Visibility was down to 50 feet a few times
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The drive out was fun
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Ralph didnt quite make it........
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My tracks ahd filled in almost immediately

Ralph was giving me the #1 sign
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After some abuse I did pull him out
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Wind chill Friday night reached -55
Wind blew all night
Headed out Saturday knowing full well that all the roads would be impassable
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My turn at being stuck
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Youd think being back in town I would be safe

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After a lot of abuse and after they had told one guy that offered to pull me out that I had not suffered enough a second came along and ignored there pleas I was out less than 1 block from the hotel

Ralphs air filter
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Said it wasnt running right

Mean while Safe back at the bar
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Cards were played and lies were told.........
No coyotes but we did see some elk, antelope and sage grouse

And since Ralph had abandoned his family to go play I bought him a shirt to be a constant reminder of his family
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Steve

Great pics but I need some hot soup or something after looking at those [Beer]

great pics!

I have a grizzly too!

too bad you didn't see anything

Gee and not an H1 in sight anywhere.

Looks like fun!!!!! NOT [Bang]

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Originally Posted by Mtn.man

Gee and not an H1 in sight anywhere.

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You can poke fun at the H1 all you want, but it gets the job done and at very high altitude.

one more thing the guns were all froze. Even if we had seen something there was no loading them.
I was thinking about that H1 and all the fun I could have in it.........

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Originally Posted by bluker1

You can poke fun at the H1 all you want, but it gets the job done and at very high altitude.

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I would like to have one with a duramax in it with the allison transmission. that would be pretty badass!

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Originally Posted by sniper7

I would like to have one with a duramax in it with the allison transmission. that would be pretty badass!

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Yeah, then maybe it wouldn't spend a week out of every month in the shop. They'd be cool with a more reliable drive train.

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Originally Posted by Stuart

Yeah, then maybe it wouldn't spend a week out of every month in the shop. They'd be cool with a more reliable drive train.

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i heard the newer models (maybe 03 and newer) were pretty good and reliable.

I just saw a 06 for sale with 2900 miles. no price though.

i have always dreamed of owning an H1.

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Originally Posted by sniper7

i heard the newer models (maybe 03 and newer) were pretty good and reliable.

I just saw a 06 for sale with 2900 miles. no price though.

i have always dreamed of owning an H1.

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The H1 is the only true Hummer, period. The rest are suburbans with body kits and cut frames. After the H1, they are just not worth the money. Before you talk shit about what I said, I sold the damn things, they were pieces of shit, they still are now. Every one sold made it's way back to the dealership. When I stepped into management, I stopped ordering most of the damn things in. Take someone interested in an H2 or 3 and turn them to the Denali, sells every time.

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Originally Posted by bluker1

You can poke fun at the H1 all you want, but it gets the job done and at very high altitude.

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Your ride is undoubtly one of the best off road vehicles there is. P.S. to all of you who talk shit about these, they are less repair reports for these vehicles than there are most GM, Ford, and Toyota 4x4 products.

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Originally Posted by spyder

The H1 is the only true Hummer, period. The rest are suburbans with body kits and cut frames. After the H1, they are just not worth the money. Before you talk shit about what I said, I sold the damn things, they were pieces of shit, they still are now. Every one sold made it's way back to the dealership. When I stepped into management, I stopped ordering most of the damn things in. Take someone interested in an H2 or 3 and turn them to the Denali, sells every time.

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I agree 100%. I never liked the H2 and absolutely hate the H3. I don't like that the hummer name was branded on them. a true hummer is AM general.
I still go to my bedroom at my parents house where I grew up and am amazed at how obsessed I was with the H1. posters...magazine clippings, models etc

I bet I have over 100 matchbox cars that are hummers. over 20 1/16 scale models of the different color and variations of hummers and lots of other stuff too. i still hope to buy one someday, but right now isn't practical.

maybe alan will let me drive it next time I am up there or at a MG shoot. :)

Going out in weather like that? You guys are just wrong! That's stay-indoors weather to me, work at the loading bench, sleep, whatever. I despise being cold! The only thing I hate about CO.....

AWESOME PICTS

I wish I knew what possessed us do do this kind of crazy shit. Did pheasant hunting the same weekend. One day was so hot we were in shorts the next day was a blizzard... no birds and nearly killed my freaking dogs. And still came back smiling. I guess being a hunter makes you masochistic. At least no yotes were harmed in the making of this hunting trip [ROFL1]

PS: whacked a big bog out by Elizabeth 3 weeks ago (Ruger SR556)

We like going out in the worst weather. Ice fishing etc. Went pheasant 1 year at -22. The pheasants would run by the road and beg to get in the truck.

Lost a snowmachine 1 year and didn't go back till spring to find it.
We are planning a snow bashing day soon.

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more pictures later..........

Awesome!

great looking bull!

We decided that we probably wouldn't take our baby out on the porch with it. Not after all the horror stories I've read on boards like this anyway. Awesome pictures though.

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rampart range 3-2-2011
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see where the handle bars are in the next picture
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On to the wrecks

ralph was first, to much speed to rough of terrain
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bent his steering linkage
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fixing his bend
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ralph was also the 2nd guy to crash
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this time he bent his rear rack
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Bob was next but since there wasnt any pictures he said it never happened..........no evidence

he wasnt so lucky on his next wreck, poor guy couldnt get it rubberside down before I got my camera out

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and some scenery pictures
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