600 miles south of Portland in the North West corner of Nevada, lays a vast plain of a former lake bed called Black Rock Desert. With the exception of one week in September, when large crowds swarm in for the Burning Man festival, this land stays pretty much empty. Crisscrossed by only a few developed roads with plenty of rough stuff, it attracts ( Read more... )

Nevada Trophy 2013 scheduled for Nov 1-3 was canceled as pretty much expected not unlike 2012. yet we've had a plan. Mancation it is then. After some tussle about dates we to stuck to original. Halloween  thrown a monkey wrench into this setup being on 31st. Since we are all family men we decided to head out after annual sweets extortion was over. ( Read more... )

Steens Mountain, Alvord Desert pretty much anyone who is into four wheeling/overlanding in Pacific Northwest knows those names. Situated in South east corner of Oregon they are not inaccessible yet pretty remote. Steens Mountain is a large fault-block mountain that stretches some 50 miles north to south. At the base of eastern slope is large open ( Read more... )

..and Nevada ...and even setting a foot into Arizona(just for few minutes. That still counts. Doesn't it ( Read more... )

After participating twice before in Nevada Trophy, 2009 and 2011 I was quite disappointed to say the least when it was canceled this year. What is Nevada Trophy? As organizers put it: "NVTR was born in 1995, and after a season of work, the first event was run in December of 1996 in Fernley, Nevada. That year seven teams, of two cars each, ( Read more... )

Детки в клетки, маленький перманентный смерчик.


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Это не примус это примитивный калориметр. Детки science project для сравнительной оценки теплотворной способности угля супротив простых дров. Уголь победил.


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Скушали сосику.


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Обучаем дитё уму разуму. Дождик не весна, надо помогать.

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