crazyjizzy Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 These are cool fuckers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ireneo_Funes Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 This part intrigues me the most: Photos are shot by: Chad Kukla Facilities Engineer South Pole Station 1 Chad is the owner of Team Rockstomper, a professional rock crawling team. Someone want to educate me on what "rock crawling" is? Does it involve 4x4's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ireneo_Funes Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 After a (very) little bit of research, I'm able to answer my own question. I've never seen anything this dumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 Rock crawling is pretty stupid, yes, but I want this thing as an approach vehicle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Perfect for my commute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 That reminds me of a story. I was driving the narrow, full-parking backstreets of Capitol Hill one day, when a Hummer appeared in fromt of me. Normally, two cars can fit, albeit tightly, past each other. But not this time. Of course, in keeping with the laws of nature, I backed my small CRV down and allowed the larger animal to pass (lucky to not be devoured). A funny thought struck me as it rolled by: What if TWO Hummers confronted each other in a similar situation? Would they have a testosterone butting contest? Would they merely drive on the roofs of the subarus, bugs, and assorted small vehicles parked and wave to each other through their tinted windows on passing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Would they have a testosterone butting contest? Would they merely drive on the roofs of the subarus, bugs, and assorted small vehicles parked and wave to each other through their tinted windows on passing? Now that you mention it, it does seem like the hummer drivers always tint their windows. Maybe a little shame factor?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpine_Tom Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 This part intrigues me the most: Photos are shot by: Chad Kukla Facilities Engineer South Pole Station 1 Chad is the owner of Team Rockstomper, a professional rock crawling team. Someone want to educate me on what "rock crawling" is? Does it involve 4x4's? "Professional rock crawling?" There are people who get PAID to drive these oversized Broncos off-road? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken4ord Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 This part intrigues me the most: Photos are shot by: Chad Kukla Facilities Engineer South Pole Station 1 Chad is the owner of Team Rockstomper, a professional rock crawling team. Someone want to educate me on what "rock crawling" is? Does it involve 4x4's? "Professional rock crawling?" There are people who get PAID to drive these oversized Broncos off-road? Damn where have you guys been. You live in Washington and you don't know about rock crawling. Yes I agree it is a stupid sport(?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtn_mouse Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Their record is a bit weak though. They try to compare themselves to Hillary and others who started at sea level and farther away. Patriot hills is much higher, and closer to the pole, and it does not require ascending through the transantarctic mountains on the Beardsmore, Axel Heilberg , or Skeleton (used in the ' 58 traverse) glaciers which are very broken up. They do use four-wheel drived vans at McMurdo, but they are limited to the ice roads around the station and to the ice runway. Tracked vehicles are the norm. Driving an unsupported van through crevasse fields is likened to climbing Mt Rainier solo. It can be done easily if all goes well, but what if you decide to drop into a crevasse? Trip over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dechristo Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 One, how appropriate there's a fuel (Esso) sign in the background. Two, but what if you... drop into a crevasse?that's the biggest blue bag I've ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidio Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 did anybody else notice the coolers in the back of that beast on the site???? i don't get that one bit . . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 To keep food and liquids from freezing, I would guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken4ord Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 did anybody else notice the coolers in the back of that beast on the site???? i don't get that one bit . . . . Gotta have something to keep your beer in, it is sort of a long drive with boring scenery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 That reminds me of a story. I was driving the narrow, full-parking backstreets of Capitol Hill one day, when a Hummer appeared in fromt of me. Normally, two cars can fit, albeit tightly, past each other. But not this time. Of course, in keeping with the laws of nature, I backed my small CRV down and allowed the larger animal to pass (lucky to not be devoured). A funny thought struck me as it rolled by: What if TWO Hummers confronted each other in a similar situation? Would they have a testosterone butting contest? Would they merely drive on the roofs of the subarus, bugs, and assorted small vehicles parked and wave to each other through their tinted windows on passing? Doesn't the driver who has to back uphill always have to be the one to retreat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billcoe Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 Dirk Pitt already did this crap years and years ago. I read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 they shouldve used a unimog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordop Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 A few years ago this Icelandic built trucks from Arctic Trucks where used on the South Pole as a proof of concept. They came out pretty good and where faster than the large snowmobiles. I'd like to no were these guys went to skool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 You don't have to be smart to drive a big truck. That's been proven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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