David Mize

"Bryan C" <bryancasinger@aol.com> wrote in message
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> I just signed up for Camp Jeep in Virginia. I was too late to get the
> information packet, so don't really know much about what is going on
> there. I did register for one trail ride on the phone, the "D" trail
> in the Difficult catagory I believe, which was the easiest of the
> Difficult rated trails. My question is, how difficult is this really?
> I have never really taken anything more difficult than bad national
> forest roads before, no rockcrawling, no "intentional" mudding, etc. I
> want to learn offroading techniques, but I have a new Wrangler
> Rubicon, which I am not too crazy about damaging just yet. Any info
> anyone can share about what to expect?
>
> Also, will there be vendors at this event, selling racks, bumpers,
> etc?

Just listen to your trail guides & you'll do fine. They aren't trying to
wreck your pride & joy, and they'll guide you true. I've only done
Intermediate at Camp, although they almost sent us on a Difficult trail by
mistake last year. The Intermediate was enough for my unmodified Cherokee-
lot's of fording and mud. One mud area was so bad after several groups went
through it, that all of us (except modified mud crawlers) had to be strapped
through it. This entails the wonderful *volunteer* guides slogging through
many yards of mud, then laying down in it to hook up the straps to your
vehicle. Also, the first fording was deep enough that I drifted downstream
about 10 feet before getting traction- about all the excitement I want in my
family vehicle. Then we had to climb an obscenely steep, muddy "trail" from
out of the stream. Looked impossible, but the Cherokee handled it without a
slip or slide. Your Jeep will make you look pretty good at this stuff.

You should have two major stores to shop at- a Chrysler Jeep outfitter, and
a large 4 Wheeler store. Smaller vendors are also scattered about. Have fun!
--


David Mize dmize@wowway.com
Pickerington, Ohio

David Mize

"Bryan C" <bryancasinger@aol.com> wrote in message
news:491cfcc1.0407020637.37c4ae1a@posting.google.c om...
> I just signed up for Camp Jeep in Virginia. I was too late to get the
> information packet, so don't really know much about what is going on
> there. I did register for one trail ride on the phone, the "D" trail
> in the Difficult catagory I believe, which was the easiest of the
> Difficult rated trails. My question is, how difficult is this really?
> I have never really taken anything more difficult than bad national
> forest roads before, no rockcrawling, no "intentional" mudding, etc. I
> want to learn offroading techniques, but I have a new Wrangler
> Rubicon, which I am not too crazy about damaging just yet. Any info
> anyone can share about what to expect?
>
> Also, will there be vendors at this event, selling racks, bumpers,
> etc?

Just listen to your trail guides & you'll do fine. They aren't trying to
wreck your pride & joy, and they'll guide you true. I've only done
Intermediate at Camp, although they almost sent us on a Difficult trail by
mistake last year. The Intermediate was enough for my unmodified Cherokee-
lot's of fording and mud. One mud area was so bad after several groups went
through it, that all of us (except modified mud crawlers) had to be strapped
through it. This entails the wonderful *volunteer* guides slogging through
many yards of mud, then laying down in it to hook up the straps to your
vehicle. Also, the first fording was deep enough that I drifted downstream
about 10 feet before getting traction- about all the excitement I want in my
family vehicle. Then we had to climb an obscenely steep, muddy "trail" from
out of the stream. Looked impossible, but the Cherokee handled it without a
slip or slide. Your Jeep will make you look pretty good at this stuff.

You should have two major stores to shop at- a Chrysler Jeep outfitter, and
a large 4 Wheeler store. Smaller vendors are also scattered about. Have fun!
--


David Mize dmize@wowway.com
Pickerington, Ohio

David Mize

"Bryan C" <bryancasinger@aol.com> wrote in message
news:491cfcc1.0407020637.37c4ae1a@posting.google.c om...
> I just signed up for Camp Jeep in Virginia. I was too late to get the
> information packet, so don't really know much about what is going on
> there. I did register for one trail ride on the phone, the "D" trail
> in the Difficult catagory I believe, which was the easiest of the
> Difficult rated trails. My question is, how difficult is this really?
> I have never really taken anything more difficult than bad national
> forest roads before, no rockcrawling, no "intentional" mudding, etc. I
> want to learn offroading techniques, but I have a new Wrangler
> Rubicon, which I am not too crazy about damaging just yet. Any info
> anyone can share about what to expect?
>
> Also, will there be vendors at this event, selling racks, bumpers,
> etc?

Just listen to your trail guides & you'll do fine. They aren't trying to
wreck your pride & joy, and they'll guide you true. I've only done
Intermediate at Camp, although they almost sent us on a Difficult trail by
mistake last year. The Intermediate was enough for my unmodified Cherokee-
lot's of fording and mud. One mud area was so bad after several groups went
through it, that all of us (except modified mud crawlers) had to be strapped
through it. This entails the wonderful *volunteer* guides slogging through
many yards of mud, then laying down in it to hook up the straps to your
vehicle. Also, the first fording was deep enough that I drifted downstream
about 10 feet before getting traction- about all the excitement I want in my
family vehicle. Then we had to climb an obscenely steep, muddy "trail" from
out of the stream. Looked impossible, but the Cherokee handled it without a
slip or slide. Your Jeep will make you look pretty good at this stuff.

You should have two major stores to shop at- a Chrysler Jeep outfitter, and
a large 4 Wheeler store. Smaller vendors are also scattered about. Have fun!
--


David Mize dmize@wowway.com
Pickerington, Ohio