So Cal H4O Bishop July 27 & 28, 2012

[Zach]

First off, I would like to thank Craig(cbetts) for putting this trip together. We had our yearly trip to Bishop and always it was a great time. We started off with a pre run up Silver Canyon. We had a total of four trucks for this. We had cbetts, Portager, elripster and myself. Ii was a nice run up to the top with some great views. On the way up, we spotted some Big Horn Sheep

Once we made it to the top, we stopped for a group picture

We then headed over to see the Bristle cone pines. After that we headed back down Silver Canyon which is a steep decent.

We got back together at 8 to run Silver Canyon for a night run. We had Jrwid, Mb30sdl, Portager, cbetts and myself for this run. It is a completely different trail at night. Not much to see on the way up. But a great view of the town of Bishop and the stars.

The next day we ran Wheeler Ridge. We had elripster, Jrwid, Mb30sdl, H3ing, cbetts and myself for this run. We had a smooth run up to the lookout. It was a fairly easy day with few somewhat challenging obstacles.

We had no major damage or carnage for the weekend. Portager lost 4low halfway up Silver Canyon for the night run. And Serge's tool boxes took a beating on Wheeler Ridge.

We ended up finishing the night at Rusty's Saloon. Great night. I want to thank everyone for making this a great trip. Also want to thank my cousin, Rocky aka Rogue on the forum for taking pictures. I will be adding some more pics later

 

[Zach]

Rocky and got up there a little early to check in so we checked out part of Silver Canyon. A creek crossing here

We ended up turning them around. They would not have made it up.

Poser shot

Jrwid looking too clean

 

[Zach]

Wheeler Ridge

Serge trimming trees

 

[Zach]

 

[Fish]

Nice pics. The night pics are cool cuz you can actually see the stars. I had fun last year but the pinstriping was a little excessive IMO. Not sure how it was this year but pinstripe alley was not Hummer friendly. Yes I expect some **** for that comment

 

[H3-ING]

Here are a few from Wheeler.

 

[Nacho]

Great pictures! Looks like it was another fun trip wish i could have made it.

 

[cbetts]

It was a great trip despite being short. I had a lot of fun watching my friends take in the views. I only got a few pictures but my buddy Keith took quite a few.

We will start off with the day run up Silver Canyon:








Not much to see on the night run but we did get a chance to pose for some light shots.

 

[cbetts]

Heading towards Swall Meadows for the Wheeler Ridge run.




People mingling while airing down.

 

[cbetts]

Heading up Sand Canyon.


Amazingly green for such a dry year




Stretching the legs and taking in some scenery




Lunchtime at the beginning of Wheeler Ridge Mine Road

 

[cbetts]

 

[cbetts]

Remember, you can click on my pictures to view a larger version.

I will be posting video as I go through the shots. I had my GoPro but mostly got video of places we stopped. :gaah:

Next time, I will make sure it records movement, not rest stops.

Here are all my pics: :link:

 

[alrock]

Great pics! Looks like fun days (and nights) on the trails.

 

[06 H3]

Wish I could of made it...

 

[elripster]

Soooooo.... where are the karoake videos?

Frank

 

[Zach]

I'll have to upload the video I have later. At Sea World with my daughter. Here are some of the pics

This is a great one of Craig

 

[06 H3]

cant wait to see this...

 

[autumn walker]

looks like a great bunch of trails!

 

[alrock]

Karaoke videos? This will be a first for this site :whaa:

 

[cbetts]

Grrr. My video got cut short.
[video=youtube;mg3fEgdcKBs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg3fEgdcKBs[/video]

 

[cbetts]

Finally got some time to process some video.
[video=youtube;rV7i7Fey390]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV7i7Fey390[/video]

 

[Fish]

Looks fun