P 241200Z MAR 13
FM RIFF RAFF //OCC MEMBER//
TO OFF-CAMBER CRAWLERS //OCC//
ACCT CG-W2GERC
BT
UNCLAS FOUO //N16100//
SUBJ: SITREP ONE AND FINAL OFF-CAMBER CRAWLERS RAPIDAN, FLAG POLE,
MEADOW KNOB TRIP REPORT
1. AFTER SPLITTING OFF FROM BRYAN’S BUNCH THE
FOLLOWING VEHICLES AND PEOPLE DEPARTED RAPIDAN FOR THE GEORGE WASHINGTON
NATIONAL FOREST (GWNF).
A. ROBIN AND
DOUG MASNICK – 1993 TOYOTA 4RUNNER SR5 (HONEY BADGER).
B. CHRIS AND JESSICA - FOUR DOOR JEEP RUBICON
C. ROSCOE – 1999 JEEP WRANGLER TJ
2. ARRIVED
VIA ROUTE 33 IN MEDIUM SNOW AT THE HARRISONBURG VA SHEETZ ON MARKET STREET TO
HAVE A QUICK MEETING TO SEE IF THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA. EVERYONE AGREED THAT A TRIP TO THE GWNF IN A
SNOW STORM WAS THE THING TO DO.
3. ARRIVED AT THE PARKING LOT AT SWITZER LAKE TO
AIR DOWN. SNOW WAS REALLY COMING DOWN
WITH ABOUT AN INCH OR SO OF FRESH SNOW ALREADY ON THE GROUND. LAKE SWITZER WAS BARELY VISIBLE THROUGH ALL
THE SNOW.
4. PROCEEDED UP THE SNOW COVERED ROAD TO FLAG POLE
KNOB VIA FLAG POLE ROAD. ARRIVED AT FLAG
POLE AND WITH ABOUT FOUR INCHES OF NEW SNOW. TOOK SOME QUICK PICTURES BEFORE HEADING OFF TO MEADOW KNOB. THE VIEW WAS LIMITED AT THE TOP, AND THE
DRIVE TO MEADOW KNOB WAS – INTERESTING- DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATION ON THE
TRAIL. THANKS TO MY GARMIN (AND A GREAT
NAVIGATOR (ROBIN)) WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP TO THE TRAILS.
5. MEADOW KNOB WAS ANOTHER PHOTO OP BEFORE HEADING
BACK TO HARRISONBURG.
6. RIFF RAFF IN THE HONEY BADGER ON THE WAY DOWN
THE MOUNTAIN FOUND (BY ACCIDENT) A PATCH OF GLAZE ICE ON A NARROW PART OF THE
FIRE ROAD, AND ENDED UP SIDEWAYS TO THE TRAIL. DEEP RAVINE TO THE BACK OF THE 4RUNNER, FRONT BUMBER AGAINST THE
UPSIDE. CAREFUL DRIVING AND WE WERE
AGAIN HEADING DOWN THE TRAIL.
A. FROM ROBIN’S JOURNAL
“ALMOST MADE IT DOWN THE MOUNTAIN BUT THE WHITE WITCH PLACED A SHEET OF ICE
UNDER ALL THAT SNOW, AND THE BACK END LOCKED UP SLIDING US SIDEWAYS DOWN THE
HILL. DOUG CAREFULLY STEERED THE TRUCK INTO A BANK TO STOP OUR SIDEWAYS SLIDE,
BUT IT WAS AT SUCH AN OFF-CAMBER TILT IT FELT LIKE WE WERE GOING TO FLIP
OVER. I “SPOTTED” FOR DOUG POINTING OUT
WHERE THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF WAS SO HE COULD BACK-UP AND MANUEVER TURNING THE
HONEY BADGER FACING FORWARD ONCE AGAIN.
B. “RIGHT BEFORE WE CAME TO THE PLACE WHERE OCC
USUALLY AIRS DOWN WE SAW A ‘MURDER’ OF CROWS FLY OFF AFTER A HUGE APPALACHIAN
RAVEN. THEY WERE CONGREGATED BY AN OLD
WOOD SHACK ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WE MUST HAVE INTERRUPTED THEIR MEETING.”
7. ARRIVED SAFELY BACK ON ROUTE 33, AND STOPPED AT
THE NEAREST CAR WASH TO GET RID OF BUILD UP OF SNOW, ICE, AND MUD AROUND THE
FRONT DIFFS, AND SWAY BARS.
8. ARRIVED SAFELY AT HARRISONBURG TO AIR BACK UP.
9. SAFE AT HOME! WOKE UP TO ABOUT THREE INCHES OF FRESH SNOW.
10. PICTURES CAN BE FOUND HERE - http://tinyurl.com/c9rmz6p
BT
NNNN
Best regards,
Doug and Robin Masnick
93 4Runner SR5 -Honey Badger-
FM RIFF RAFF //OCC MEMBER//
TO OFF-CAMBER CRAWLERS //OCC//
ACCT CG-W2GERC
BT
UNCLAS FOUO //N16100//
SUBJ: SITREP ONE AND FINAL OFF-CAMBER CRAWLERS RAPIDAN, FLAG POLE,
MEADOW KNOB TRIP REPORT
1. AFTER SPLITTING OFF FROM BRYAN’S BUNCH THE
FOLLOWING VEHICLES AND PEOPLE DEPARTED RAPIDAN FOR THE GEORGE WASHINGTON
NATIONAL FOREST (GWNF).
A. ROBIN AND
DOUG MASNICK – 1993 TOYOTA 4RUNNER SR5 (HONEY BADGER).
B. CHRIS AND JESSICA - FOUR DOOR JEEP RUBICON
C. ROSCOE – 1999 JEEP WRANGLER TJ
2. ARRIVED
VIA ROUTE 33 IN MEDIUM SNOW AT THE HARRISONBURG VA SHEETZ ON MARKET STREET TO
HAVE A QUICK MEETING TO SEE IF THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA. EVERYONE AGREED THAT A TRIP TO THE GWNF IN A
SNOW STORM WAS THE THING TO DO.
3. ARRIVED AT THE PARKING LOT AT SWITZER LAKE TO
AIR DOWN. SNOW WAS REALLY COMING DOWN
WITH ABOUT AN INCH OR SO OF FRESH SNOW ALREADY ON THE GROUND. LAKE SWITZER WAS BARELY VISIBLE THROUGH ALL
THE SNOW.
4. PROCEEDED UP THE SNOW COVERED ROAD TO FLAG POLE
KNOB VIA FLAG POLE ROAD. ARRIVED AT FLAG
POLE AND WITH ABOUT FOUR INCHES OF NEW SNOW. TOOK SOME QUICK PICTURES BEFORE HEADING OFF TO MEADOW KNOB. THE VIEW WAS LIMITED AT THE TOP, AND THE
DRIVE TO MEADOW KNOB WAS – INTERESTING- DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATION ON THE
TRAIL. THANKS TO MY GARMIN (AND A GREAT
NAVIGATOR (ROBIN)) WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP TO THE TRAILS.
5. MEADOW KNOB WAS ANOTHER PHOTO OP BEFORE HEADING
BACK TO HARRISONBURG.
6. RIFF RAFF IN THE HONEY BADGER ON THE WAY DOWN
THE MOUNTAIN FOUND (BY ACCIDENT) A PATCH OF GLAZE ICE ON A NARROW PART OF THE
FIRE ROAD, AND ENDED UP SIDEWAYS TO THE TRAIL. DEEP RAVINE TO THE BACK OF THE 4RUNNER, FRONT BUMBER AGAINST THE
UPSIDE. CAREFUL DRIVING AND WE WERE
AGAIN HEADING DOWN THE TRAIL.
A. FROM ROBIN’S JOURNAL
“ALMOST MADE IT DOWN THE MOUNTAIN BUT THE WHITE WITCH PLACED A SHEET OF ICE
UNDER ALL THAT SNOW, AND THE BACK END LOCKED UP SLIDING US SIDEWAYS DOWN THE
HILL. DOUG CAREFULLY STEERED THE TRUCK INTO A BANK TO STOP OUR SIDEWAYS SLIDE,
BUT IT WAS AT SUCH AN OFF-CAMBER TILT IT FELT LIKE WE WERE GOING TO FLIP
OVER. I “SPOTTED” FOR DOUG POINTING OUT
WHERE THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF WAS SO HE COULD BACK-UP AND MANUEVER TURNING THE
HONEY BADGER FACING FORWARD ONCE AGAIN.
B. “RIGHT BEFORE WE CAME TO THE PLACE WHERE OCC
USUALLY AIRS DOWN WE SAW A ‘MURDER’ OF CROWS FLY OFF AFTER A HUGE APPALACHIAN
RAVEN. THEY WERE CONGREGATED BY AN OLD
WOOD SHACK ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WE MUST HAVE INTERRUPTED THEIR MEETING.”
7. ARRIVED SAFELY BACK ON ROUTE 33, AND STOPPED AT
THE NEAREST CAR WASH TO GET RID OF BUILD UP OF SNOW, ICE, AND MUD AROUND THE
FRONT DIFFS, AND SWAY BARS.
8. ARRIVED SAFELY AT HARRISONBURG TO AIR BACK UP.
9. SAFE AT HOME! WOKE UP TO ABOUT THREE INCHES OF FRESH SNOW.
10. PICTURES CAN BE FOUND HERE - http://tinyurl.com/c9rmz6p
BT
NNNN
Best regards,
Doug and Robin Masnick
93 4Runner SR5 -Honey Badger-