Cairns Scale Crawlers

[northkona]

I made a solo recon trip up Walsh's pyramid yesterday , just to see if it can be done.
The view from the south,

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and from the north.

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The trail is mostly really technical, some of the bigger obstacles took half a dozen attempts to clear.

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Some couldnt be cleared and "B" lines were made.

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Thats a heap of elevation !

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This was not going to be a chance of getting thru, luckily the rockface on the left was an easy climb and looped back around to the main trail above this rockpile.

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A little bit of slickrock.

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It was 2 x 2200 3S batteries to this spot and that was enough for me, the next trip will be winch assisted !
The Ultra4 silver tyres were awesome grip and the scale looks cant be beaten.

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[northkona]

Just a few shots from the weekend at 3 spots we went to, Palmers ,Stoney creek and Marinos.
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TF2 recovery time.
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And no, he didnt make it . (my SCX did tho, hehe )

[Team Rawlings]

It was a great day, LOL! I was a bit nafed buy the time I got home.
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Enjoy. PS dont mind the two tree trunks with shoes in the last photo. They kept following us around all morning.

[northkona]

3 of us took the 2.2 rigs up the Crystal cascades track to copperlode dam this morning . I took my Bomber , Shaun took his fresh half-built Wraith on its first run and Matt took Avis , my loaner Wraith. Bloody hire cars do go anywhere !

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A recovery that went very wrong , Matt digging in the wait-a-while, Shaun waiting for his rig, me standing on the trail laughing and taking photos ... Aaaah, teamwork !
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Bloody Avis.

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The view from the top , a great morning out !

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[Team Rawlings]

Time for an update!
A bit of Vid from the run.

[northkona]

Great video , the Bomber had a bit of a beating that day , glad not too much Of that carnage ended up on there !

[Team Rawlings]

Went out for another run with north Kona. Up at Baron Gorge near the power station. Had a bit of a play with a couple of different camers. While Northkona put his new rig through its paces.

[darcy351]

Hi guys, I met Shaun today at Magro's track. I am keen do do a few tracks with you guys sometime. Im up in mareeba. I run a Axial Dingo and also a wraith. Kids have AX10's so plenty to choose from

Please post up when you guys are going for a crawl and if im available i will tag along.

Cheers

Darcy.

[northkona]

Sounds good , we'll try to organise a trail run soon . There's plenty of good spots down here we go to but always keen to see some more

[honchojoe]

Looks like you guys have a good crew there. Shame I got into crawling after I left Cairns.

[darcy351]

There are a few good tracks in and around Koah and the barron george too. Keen for a crawl

[darcy351]

Thanks for a good session on sunday guys. Had a ball. Looking forward to the next run.

[Team Rawlings]

Hay Darcy, I'm looking forward to heading up your way to Speewah and hiting the trails. That was a great morning sunday. Ill keep you posted as to when we are heading up the Pyramid. The short run I had up there with Scotty was a lot of fun.

I managed to make a very short vid from sunday. Should have taken a bit more footage! But eh! You gets what you gets.

[Team Rawlings]

Originally Posted by honchojoe

Looks like you guys have a good crew there. Shame I got into crawling after I left Cairns.

Hay Honchojoe, If ever you head back this way make sure to catch up, see if we can't organise a trail run.

[northkona]

I don't remember seeing all those animals up at stones , must have been concentrating too hard !

[honchojoe]

Originally Posted by Team Rawlings

Hay Honchojoe, If ever you head back this way make sure to catch up, see if we can't organise a trail run.

Will do. I'll bring the Honcho next time I come up.

[Team Rawlings]

Spent the weekend up at Granite Gorge with the family. Absolutly beautiful. Did lots of bush walking on Saturday. Then followed that up with a bit of trailing Sunday morning. Northkona kindly loaned me Avis for the weekend, which alowed me to trail with my daughter. If you listen closly to the video you can hear her laughing and woohooing. Happy days!

[northkona]

Cool , we have to get a few of us up there for a trip , love those velcro rocks!

[darcy351]

Looks like you pair had a great weekend. Great to see the kids getting involved and having fun. Will have to pick a nice easy track again one day and i will bring my kids and wife along too. They all have Axials of their own so would be a good day.

[Team Rawlings]

Went for a run up the Pyramid over the week end. Had a lot of fun and managed to shoot a bit of video. Ended up only taking the gopro along for this run so the vid is not as good as it could be! Played with a few different settings on the camera and the editing program, as well as added in some tunes.