FOPV Cleanup Pics - Gettr Done

[whyt]

We'll have an official report later this week, when we get the numbers back from the BLM.
We hauled 8 cars and filled 3 roll offs. Estimates are around 75 people showed up for the cleanup, the VAST majority were wheelers. :flipoff2:

Thanks to everyone.

Panamint Junkyard with Surprise Canyon Road in the background
http://www.fopv.org/cleanup/1.jpg

Dragging cars out of designated wilderness
http://www.fopv.org/cleanup/2.jpg

Before pic
http://www.fopv.org/cleanup/3.jpg

After
http://www.fopv.org/cleanup/4.jpg

Here's what is going to happen to the Surprise Canyon Road gate
http://www.fopv.org/cleanup/5.jpg

Before
http://www.fopv.org/cleanup/6.jpg

After
http://www.fopv.org/cleanup/7.jpg

[N24low]

I was glad to be apart of this clean up. It was great seeing the amount of wheelers there. Great job!

More PICS!

[pitchitpitchit]

x2, Glad to be part of the cleanup. It seemed like we accoplished a lot.

Scott

[AndyR]

I'll send a link out to the pics I took later today.

Andy

[AndyR]

Links to the short vids on Youtube

VW Bus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTKwWb6-Q8s
Chevy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74a6mAjNrKE
Ford: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJJk82NnKVo
Toasted: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIOaVuNu_2Q

Andy

[Haole]

The fun part was removing the cars from the trailer. The first one came off with great difficulty using a Toyota, the rest came off with my Superduty. Broke a 30k strap and the next one started separating.

Unfortunately no pics.


However, if there is any pic that should be put up soon is the one with the banner and the pirate salute. :laughing:

[Chris]

Andy where are the rest f your pics?

[B-Spec]

http://www.panamintcharlie.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10011/demon_dozer.jpg

I thought this was a cool one..:D

[rotozuk]

cross posting.... here is a some time lapse video from the clean up:

http://www.vimeo.com/664757

-Wayne

[Kurtuleas]

Great job guys!

[Spotter's Wife]

Glad Johnson Motorsports could be there to help out! We brought the whole family, including a goat (well, to Bender's shop, anyway) :D

I thought we all made amazing progress!

[Air Ride]

cross posting.... here is a some time lapse video from the clean up:

http://www.vimeo.com/664757

-Wayne
Thats cool

[scraprock]

I am so happy with how it went off guys. It was a total pleasure. We really should be doing stuff like this more often. :)

[Panamint Charlie]

cross posting.... here is a some time lapse video from the clean up:

http://www.vimeo.com/664757

-Wayne

That was way cool! Even if it showed me standing around holding a bucket. I was on a union break.

My thanks goes out to all who made it out for the clean-up.

look me up if you want to make a hike up to the city one of these days. We'll consider it a pre-run for when that damn gate comes down.


PanamintCharlie.com (http://panamintcharlie.com)

[OTR]

Im finally catching up on posts...

I was glad to be apart of this clean up. It was great seeing the amount of wheelers there. Great job!
More PICS!

x2, Glad to be part of the cleanup. It seemed like we accoplished a lot.
Scott

Glad you were there Scott and Scott...


However, if there is any pic that should be put up soon is the one with the banner and the pirate salute. :laughing:
Patience... ;)

Great job guys!
Thanks, we'll be talking...;)

Glad Johnson Motorsports could be there to help out! We brought the whole family, including a goat (well, to Bender's shop, anyway) :D
I thought we all made amazing progress!

Thanks for coming out, it was great finally meeting you guys. Sorry I got sidetracked on the way back to camp... :(

I am so happy with how it went off guys. It was a total pleasure. We really should be doing stuff like this more often. :)

Duh !
Glad you made it.
Does this mean I can drag you into more of these now ?


My thanks goes out to all who made it out for the clean-up.

look me up if you want to make a hike up to the city one of these days. We'll consider it a pre-run for when that damn gate comes down.


Im waiting... Calendar...? Achemmm...:flipoff2:

k.

[Haole]

Im waiting... Calendar...? Achemmm...:flipoff2:

k.

After seeing the pics of Panamint City after breakfast Sunday morning, Lisa said she'd like to hike up there. Did I hear something about March?

[scraprock]

After seeing the pics of Panamint City after breakfast Sunday morning, Lisa said she'd like to hike up there. Did I hear something about March?

I am wanting to plan a hiking trip ASAP there.. maybe we could plan a wheelers hike!

:smokin:

[BRD]

http://www.panamintcharlie.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10011/demon_dozer.jpg

I thought this was a cool one..:D

Yeah, but he's a lazy SOB. All he does is sit on his ass and laugh at you:mad3::laughing:

[AndyR]

Here's the :flipoff2: one, the rest are pending OTR's 'publication' checks, but I recon they're never going to print this one LOL

http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/2898/img4081smallwu5.jpg

Andy

[rotozuk]

While working with some other photos I ran across some pics I took from before either of the cleanups. Helps get an idea of how much work has been accomplished.

-Wayne

[Panamint Charlie]

Im finally catching up on posts...





Glad you were there Scott and Scott...


Patience... ;)


Thanks, we'll be talking...;)



Thanks for coming out, it was great finally meeting you guys. Sorry I got sidetracked on the way back to camp... :(



Duh !
Glad you made it.
Does this mean I can drag you into more of these now ?



Im waiting... Calendar...? Achemmm...:flipoff2:

k.

After seeing the pics of Panamint City after breakfast Sunday morning, Lisa said she'd like to hike up there. Did I hear something about March?


I'm thinking Spring Break might be a good time. I'll PM Kris later and he can decide from there.

[Haole]

Here's the :flipoff2: one, the rest are pending OTR's 'publication' checks, but I recon they're never going to print this one LOL

http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/2898/img4081smallwu5.jpg

Andy

That's the afternoon one. The morning one was much betterer.

[AndyR]

There was this 'nice' one:
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/9060/img3933smalltp2.jpg

and then the :flipoff2: one:
http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/6779/img3935smallvl5.jpg

Kris was more central and has a better version of this pic.

Andy

[OTR]

OK already ya fawkers:flipoff2:



http://www.panamintcharlie.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10013/CWP4x4Salute.jpg



Thanks for coming out everybody.

k.

[OTR]

And we both post at 7:22pm...:shaking:




:flipoff2:
kris.

[AndyR]

Here's a closeup of the smiling faces:
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5020/img3935croppedsmallsy8.jpg

Andy

[EarlKann]

The afternoon one is better. I guess it's hard to get the SCA students and the BLM people to give a salute.

And in the one above Chris' finger is covering my face. :flipoff2:

[OTR]

Yeah, but they are all smiling. Mabye theres hope for them after all:D

k.

[N24low]

:D:D:flipoff2::flipoff2::D:flipoff2:

Which are the SCA students and which are the wheelers?:laughing:

[OTR]

Which are the SCA students and which are the wheelers?

SCA are back row, top, from Tom Budlong (the guy in the hat behind the flagpole) over to Craig Beck (BLM just right of tree).


Well, except for the kid gettin his :flipoff2: on.:laughing:

[EarlKann]

:laughing: When you do this you can see how much we out numbered them.

[N24low]

Part of my crew is standing below the SCA bunch, and are not giving the salute. I am glad they did not get bunched in with the students.



:laughing: When you do this you can see how much we out numbered them.

[EarlKann]

Part of my crew is standing below the SCA bunch, and are not giving the salute. I am glad they did not get bunched in with the students.

:laughing: My crude drawing is not meant to be all inclusive. I knew those guys in front were on "our" side.

Just to be clear. This stuff is all in fun people. I appreciate EVERYONE that showed up to help, besides some of those SCA girls were :smokin:

[mobil1syn]

:laughing: My crude drawing is not meant to be all inclusive. I knew those guys in front were on "our" side.

Just to be clear. This stuff is all in fun people. I appreciate EVERYONE that showed up to help, besides some of those SCA girls were :smokin:
you get any numbers for me?

[EarlKann]

you get any numbers for me?

Hey, that would have been cool of me :idea:, but no, amazingly you never occurred to me when I was checking out the azz. :flipoff2:

[mobil1syn]

Hey, that would have been cool of me :idea:, but no, amazingly you never occurred to me when I was checking out the azz. :flipoff2:
a chance to redeem yourself from cpt. boring status ... FAIL

[Haole]

The afternoon one is better. I guess it's hard to get the SCA students and the BLM people to give a salute.

And in the one above Chris' finger is covering my face. :flipoff2:

The funnay was the lady holding the left side of the banner.

She first stood in front of the banner, Chris told her to hold it. Then on the pirate salute, she suddenly looked around and then flipped off the photogs.

[Krusty]

From what i understand--- the 'cars' were moved today from the Ballarat stageing area, to Ridgecrest and the junk yard !!!!!!

[Jason M]

Thanks everyone who showed up!

It is really appreciated! And that does go for everyone. Wheelers and non wheelers alike :)

[luvrox]

Link to FOPV write-up & pictures. http://www.fopv.org/cleanup.html

Official Score -

Greens - - - 13
BLM - - - - - 7
OHV Types - 69

[AndyR]

Here's a link to the best pics I took

http://thumb15.webshots.net/t/58/658/9/51/63/2768951630066872995MYTFXr_th.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/album/562368231LSxklK)

Bryan and Kris erect the sign :D

Andy

[aaronmb]

wow! there was a lot of crap out there.

[yellowk20]

I have a question , who is responsible for all the fires up there?? where all these vehicles and buildings destroyed like that before the area was closed to motorized access??

And Kudo's to all the people involved with this !!!

[OTR]

The fire was started "accidentally" by one of the residents in September of 2006, over 5 years after the closure. The Novak's, who were occupying the former Chris Wicht camp, had been there for several decades and most if not all the debris for the fire was equipment, materials, and trash brought there by them over the years.

Yes there was alot of trash, and the success of the cleanup saved taxpayers 10's of thousands of dollars... Mabye more. The remaining debris and hazmat will be removed by a contractor in the hopefully not so distant future...

kris.

[yellowk20]

I really hope this trail gets reopened I'd love to try it ...... hell even just to ride along and pull winch cable would be great I was very upset when I heard of the closer

[sierravalley]

Great work guys! Good to see all the wheelers getting out and doing their part!

What does SCA stand for?

SV

[Mustard Dog]

Great work guys! Good to see all the wheelers getting out and doing their part!

What does SCA stand for?

SV

Student Conservation Association