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Near the Jócar hillclimb - January 2010
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Posted 1/24/2010 6:26 AM
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Near the Jócar hillclimb - January 2010

Another day out and this time we attempted to climb the legendary Jócar hill. This hill is typically user by Enduro bikers and as far as I know no conventional 4wd cars have ever succeeded in climbing it, other that is, than Freyer, Dodotete and myself in February 2008.

This time we did not even attempt to tackle it. The path to the base of Jócar crosses through a spring of water and this time it was soaking wet. One of the Gs in our party is fitted with the 18" Astraroths with AT tyres, which are totally useless in mud, particularly when we did not reduce the pressure given the low tyre profile and the rocky roads we used all day.

Funnily, the LWB L300TD managed to get out of the place without assistance whereas Freyers Cabrio necessitated the use of his winch (including home-made cradle). Pictures here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/mortinson3/Tamajon02

From Tamajón



The Jocár hill from the firekiller that takes you to it:

From Tamajón




The place:




And some pictures of the trip in February 2008 when we succeeded in climbing it (though, unfortunately, my camera run out of batteries) ...

http://picasaweb.google.com/mortinson3/Guadalajara03

From Guadalajara



Edited by mortinson 1/24/2010 6:28 AM
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Posted 1/25/2010 8:00 PM
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RE: Near the Jócar hillclimb - January 2010

What is the year and model of the red LWB G? 
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Posted 1/29/2010 6:48 PM
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RE: Near the Jócar hillclimb - January 2010

AlanMcR - 1/26/2010 2:00 AM

What is the year and model of the red LWB G? 


It's a 1998 G300TD

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Posted 1/29/2010 6:56 PM
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RE: Near the Jócar hillclimb - January 2010

mortinson - 1/29/2010 3:48 PM
AlanMcR - 1/26/2010 2:00 AM What is the year and model of the red LWB G? 
It's a 1998 G300TD :cheers:

Interesting.  I thought it might be.  How is the intake plumbed.  Getting a snorkel properly attached to that model isn't easy.  Any pictures of the setup?

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Posted 2/1/2010 12:39 PM
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RE: Near the Jócar hillclimb - January 2010

AlanMcR - 1/30/2010 12:56 AM

mortinson - 1/29/2010 3:48 PM
AlanMcR - 1/26/2010 2:00 AM What is the year and model of the red LWB G? 
It's a 1998 G300TD :cheers:

Interesting.  I thought it might be.  How is the intake plumbed.  Getting a snorkel properly attached to that model isn't easy.  Any pictures of the setup?



Not for now, but I will take care of making a couple in next outing!
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Posted 2/5/2010 11:53 PM
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Re: Near the Jócar hillclimb - January 2010

Wow! Enjoying your pics of Spain and the Gs.
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