Jeep is running around the country doing a mini Camp Jeep. http://www.jeep.com/jeep_life/events/ca ... edule.html
LOST and LOST NorCal was represented at the Pleasanton event today with myself and Ken & Wendy Langley. It was a great chance to spread the LOST gospel and we attached biz cards to every Libby we saw, although there weren't that many (musta all gone to the mall.
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Some highlights:
- They had the Camp Jeep Jeep 101 course set up with Wranglers, GCs, and Commanders avaiable to run. I ran the Commander. The interior is plush; what I imagine a coffin must be like. The course had 3 steep moguls and the rig scraped the centerline on all 3. The staight-hood-line-can't-see-jack reminded me of the XJ. I'm spoiled for the KJ's sloped hood line. Not sure its such a great 4 wheeler for $40,000. Its exterior looks had an H3 feeling to it.
- They had what they called a 'Jeep Playground.' This was for you to run your own rigs on. It was pretty lame compared to the 101 course but did have a nasty articulation test. People who had not ever run something like this with all its tippiness where freaking. Great to watch.
- The playground did have a bodacious mud pit with a 6 foot tall climb out. A bypass with a 3 foot climb out was also there. Nobody could make the 6 foot climb out but I came within a foot of doing it. This was super slick North Bay mud. The bypass was a 30 degree wheels-in-the-air climb for a set up YJ and CJ. I ran the mid pit and the climb out twice and did it at a crawl. We were the only 3 Jeeps to make it in the 1.5 hours I was there. Rubi's, TJs, CJs, XJs all tried and had to be strapped. This obstacle attracted quite a crowd and once again LOST KJ Liberties dropped a lot of jaws. I love it when that happens!
So if this event shows up in your area show up with your LOST biz cards and show what your rig can do. A biz card model can be seen at http://lostkjnorcal.com/Forms/Forms.htm
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ps: Ken took some pics so we'll post them when they arrive.
