This truck climbed Mt. Washington

[skobylenski]

Hummers? Didn't they check first and realize that there is a "No Hummer" rule? Or did they rent the road for part of the day like the Mini group did?



Anyway, that van with the Mattracks is SWEET I'd love to get a set of those for The Beast - too bad they'll set you back around $25,000 I noticed that they don't list the prices on their website any more, I guess they figured people were freaking out when they saw the price tag A used set was about $10,000 or so, depending on age and abuse.



As for the van, I think they start using it as soon as there is snow on most of the road - if not the whole way down. A friend of mine from home works summers up there in the observatory, I'll have to ask him about it sometime.



Scott

 

[rholcom2]

OLD MAN

Just one question. What is "the remains of the old man". I guess its a land mark that us midwesterners arent familiar with. Sorry if this is a stupid question

 

[Jengle]

Look on the state quarter for "The Old Man". Shame it came down, but nothing lasts forever. Yeah, that was a bite driving all the way there from Groton. Nice drive up there, though. Looks a lot like VA with the old rock walls everywhere.

 

[skobylenski]

Old Man

The Old Man of the Mountain (or Old Man for short) was a rock formation on one end of Cannon Mountain - a nice ski area up here. The formation looked like the profile of a man with a large nose and chin. For the last hundred years or more, there has been a crew that maintained the rocks. There were guy-wires holding the shape up there, and finally the rocks cracked and shifted so much that the wires were of no use. The result? a pile of rocks and some dumbass selling pieces of it on eBay. Anyway, I hope I didn't bore you too much with history and facts.



Anywho, I definately agree - the White Mountains area is one of the most beautiful regions the Northeast has to offer. Virginia is quite the haul to see a big rock Of course, I'm at school in Iowa



Scott

 

[rholcom2]

No, not boring what so ever. I like history and facts and stuff. I love the history and Discovery channel. The girlfriend says that my brain is goign to get full soon, that I should stop watching so much of it. LOL I guess there is proof that womens brains do get full.





Interesting Side Note:

my uncle and I were shelling corn the other night, and we were invited in by the people we rent some ground off of, and we were just talking about the community and things over coffee, and the mans wife looks over and says to him, "Oh Vick, these are young kids, you know they dont care about HISTORY, just quit waisting your breath" Needless to say, Vick, and both of us were a bit stunned, we finished our coffee's and we back out. Interesting that we were kids, and my uncle is 35 and I am 11 years younger. I love hearing peoples perspective on life!!!

 

[Jengle]

Actually I am working TDY in CT, so it wasn't as far a drive as all that, but it was still a haul from here. I love to hear the older generation talk about the way things are from their perspective, but, I think I am in the minority on that. Lots of things they could teach us about life and a lot of other subjects, if we would just listen.

 

[skobylenski]

Older generation? I hope you're not referring to me I'm not there yet I just enjoy history of that type I'm a freshman in college, so the "older generation" you speak of is still a "few" years off. I agree, though, that us younger folks need to listen to the people who have been around the block a few times more than us, we can learn a lot if we'd just shut the hell up and listen for once.



You're only young once, but listen to the old people so you know how to enjoy your youth...



Scott

 

[HoleshotHolset]

Scott: The Hummer group ( the fine folks that host www.NEHOG.org ..... where you'll find videos of me and my old yellow/white beater truck going where no GMC was ever supposed to go... . haha) had some kind of special permission - they had the whole road all to their own. Too bad a little ice wrecked the plans for an early morning ascent. We headed south, very disappointed, and had breakfast at some quaint little place in North Conway... .



I have a lot of fond memories of the White Mountain region. And even a few nights that I don't remember so well. :-laf The local crowd sure knows how to have a good time up there.



Matt

 

[skobylenski]

Ahhhh, I see. VERY nice. I can't believe you took your little GMC out with the Hummers That takes some guts. Of course, now you've gone and done it - I want an H1 even worse now.



Havin' a good time - yeah, there isn't too much to do, unless you enjoy hiking/camping, a little hunting, rock climbing, or messing with the tourists



Scott

 

[HoleshotHolset]

There's a video on that site where I drive my GMC through a pond. I went too fast..... a wave went over the hood..... and I sucked water into the engine.



I pulled all 6 plugs (4. 3L) - cranked it over until it was dry..... put all 6 plugs back in... . and it fired right off. I snapped off two of the ceramics on #1 and #3 - darn headers!! - so I drove home on 4 cylinders. :-laf



I drove through that same pond quite a few times before - but that time I went way too fast.



Matt

 

[fest3er]

Originally posted by skobylenski
... I didn't know about the "no hummer" rule. It makes sense, though. I had tons of fun with just my CB ...
Scott

I had driven my '84 200SX up to the peak once. I don't think my friend's claw marks ever came out of the dashboard. That was a fun drive up. And down.

While up top, I spent quite a while talking on teh CB with some folks in their boat on Saco Bay.

And speaking of the mountain, how many of you have ever gone down over the lip, off a 15' cliff and down the headwall of Tuckerman Ravine on your butts? I did once. Unintentionally. Had I not tried to slow myself down on the headwall, I'd've gotten to the bottom just fine. Instead, 50' onto the headwall, I started tumbling. 20 seconds of "Oof! Oof!" Got a standing ovation from the folks eating and resting on Lunch Rocks for my feat.

Next time, I'll bring my skis and do it right.

N