Dusy-Ershim
September 9 - 14 2004
Moose and Squirrel do "Dusty"-Ershim... OR... "Watch out for that
tree!"
Thompson Hill is considered by many to the the crux of the Dusy-Ershim
trail. It is steep, loose, and filled with big rocks. The only
positive thing that can be said about Thompson Hill is that there are plenty
of trees to use a winch anchors!
Steve's motor didn't like the altitude once we climbed above 8,000 feet
and had about 1/2 power (future voyagers that are carburated, take note).
This made for some interesting and stressful wheeling! To Steve's
credit he picked excellent lines and only needed to have some rocks stacked
2 or 3 times. Steve would have really loved to have some lower gears!
Mark had no problems (as usual). The factory Toyota altitude compensation
on the carburated 22R motor worked great, and Thompson Hill didn't challenge
the Ultimate Marlin Crawler, Detroit Soft Locker's front and rear, All-Pro
Suspension or 35" MTR's at all...
