GT2010: Day Two (Twilight) - Toyota Land Cruiser, 3.0 liter, 1978
… And the sun is already setting.
A long transition to a distant point, along the bed of a stream, through the junction of two rivers, along a tedious clay rut ...
And the point is good: Lemonade Joe's nose had to be pulled in by a quinoa at such an angle that it is impossible to get out of the car: the boots slide on the clay on the threshold, and the door tries to guillotine the hand.
So you need to make the door latch in the open position.
In the photo, I had to tilt the picture to frame the frame, the real angle can be seen from the pines, but life is still cooler
It got dark quickly. We meet our Kiev crew 103 on Patrol. They're going well. Zhenya and Sasha for the first time in such a trophy, but they take all the points in a row. Zhenya surprised me even before the preparation of his Nissan for the Gorgans: he made a template from metric corners so as not to fly with the size of the rubber. Not all ORGs go for this, but here is a participant, so to speak, for self-control. Well, since I had a hand in choosing rubber, I am pleased that Zhenya has only excellent reviews about her. This is the Silverstone MT-117 Extreme.
In the headlights, the clay track seems endless and bottomless. And I definitely need to cling to the wall with some side lugs, otherwise we will fall down and sit on the bridges. Only the closest details flash in the brain: “here to the left, over there is a stone in the wall, here it went to the right, and here it almost dropped into a rut ...â€. I can remember every meter, but only sequentially one after the other, and all together is just a road. Finally, a fork in the road, she is a merging mountain river. The monstrous force of the flood scattered large boulders around the edges, leaving smaller pebbles in the center. Let's jump on them.
In the dark we take point 138,
we go to 139. But we both do not like this approach to the point: a large roll, a steep descent and a washed out clay track with a viewing hole in the middle. Maybe during the day, but not in total darkness. Before the finish line less than two hours, let's go further, further.
We go up to 140. We meet our teammates, crew 106, Lesha and Anya, they go down. A short exchange of impressions, ka breath-exhalation and dispersed. Today they have two punctured wheels and something else was not going well with navigation.
And at the 140th point, the crew of 113 Big Horn stretches on the winch. While the point is occupied by Odessans, we return to 139, ShturmMaria finds another race, disappears in the dark, a voice on the radio: "Go!". I'm going. I especially don’t want to make a mistake, knowing that no one will come here, and there is little time before the finish line. At some point, the left front wheel rests on a stone, the steering wheel turns and the magpie quickly climbs the wall and freezes looking into space with its headlights. Stop, back, forward. We take 139.
We are in a hurry to 140. In the dark we almost collide with a cart that pulls five or six trunks of wood. The ascent to the 140th LJ easily takes on the second low one, we take off to the point without a winch. That's it, crew 140 took point 140.
Difficult turn on the rocks near the point with the risk of sitting down for a long time. Fatigue and time trouble begin to take their toll: Masha takes me out in reverse, and I think that somehow we are turning around in a strange way. We stopped in time, agreed on intentions. Safely turning around, we go down to the second or third low, where half an hour ago I carefully slid down on the first.
We fly to the end of the day.
The usual tarantella performed by Lemonade Joe, I no longer notice the noise, the main thing is not to slow down. However, I had to brake in the right turn. We are thrown strongly to the left, and I can not release the steering wheel to put in a lower gear, and trying to straighten the trajectory. We barely stop at the edge of the path. From now on, we will only go downhill. Masha tirelessly dictates the legend, as if we were on a rally.
The finish. Closed park. Everything.
Today we again lost about five hours of time for repairs. Just like yesterday, that is, minus 10 (!) hours in two days. But today 15 points are taken. Total 23 points in two days. Not enough, some crews already had such a result yesterday. Some today have already taken all the points. But we're still inline. And although we understand that it is already impossible to catch up with them, tomorrow we will again go to the stage.
Hands ache. And I don't have the strength to talk to anyone. Moreover, someone something to prove. Everything we did today, we did for ourselves. And tomorrow we will also prove to ourselves that we can do it.
End: www.drive2.ru/cars/toyota…urnal/288230376151796274/
Kulikoff Sun
This is something! Very tough and harsh! I'm just surprised at the vitality and stamina of your navigator!
Well, not so tough. Thank God the weather helped.
This is something! Very tough and harsh! I'm just surprised at the vitality and stamina of your navigator!
You are great! Respect for perseverance and will and a separate navigator! She deserves admiration!
StormMaria
Here I am :)! First of all, many thanks to Odysseus for his trust and acceptance of Limonadny into the combat crew!
This and all previous parts of the Gorgan Trophy 2010 I confirm that it was so. I want to add only this day with an event to which my pilot gave only a couple of words, due to his modesty.
During the repair, Bogdan pretty much cut his elbow with glass, which was lying in the grass. In truth, there was an idea to go to the camp altogether and leave it to experienced doctors, since the blood did not want to stop for a very long time. In general, great respect for the patience with which he withstood all these procedures with the treatment of the elbow. He didn't even show the pain. I can only imagine it!
Allow me to express my sincere admiration for you.
Good luck!
Perepalo not the word.
Thanks everyone for the kind words. And you Bogdan, first of all. I will try not to let you down in future stages of the Cup.
StormMaria
Here I am :)! First of all, many thanks to Odysseus for his trust and acceptance of Limonadny into the combat crew!
This and all previous parts of the Gorgan Trophy 2010 I confirm that it was so. I want to add only this day with an event to which my pilot gave only a couple of words, due to his modesty.
During the repair, Bogdan pretty much cut his elbow with glass, which was lying in the grass. In truth, there was an idea to go to the camp altogether and leave it to experienced doctors, since the blood did not want to stop for a very long time. In general, great respect for the patience with which he withstood all these procedures with the treatment of the elbow. He didn't even show the pain. I can only imagine it!
Hi Masha!
Well, look how much you got here. On merit, by the way.
P/S And the elbow has already healed. Nearly.
StormMaria
Here I am :)! First of all, many thanks to Odysseus for his trust and acceptance of Limonadny into the combat crew!
This and all previous parts of the Gorgan Trophy 2010 I confirm that it was so. I want to add only this day with an event to which my pilot gave only a couple of words, due to his modesty.
During the repair, Bogdan pretty much cut his elbow with glass, which was lying in the grass. In truth, there was an idea to go to the camp altogether and leave it to experienced doctors, since the blood did not want to stop for a very long time. In general, great respect for the patience with which he withstood all these procedures with the treatment of the elbow. He didn't even show the pain. I can only imagine it!
SturmMaria - to the reward!
Respect!
Read the end of the sixth paragraph www.drive2.ru/users/odiss…/288230376151766851/#post
all respect and praise to the navigator!
well done.
Sometimes I myself wonder how my navigator (beloved girl) has enough strength to pass the competition (often this surprises not only me).
apparently girls-navigators are very rare and valuable creatures!
Here I am :)! First of all, many thanks to Odysseus for his trust and acceptance of Limonadny into the combat crew!
This and all previous parts of the Gorgan Trophy 2010 I confirm that it was so. I want to add only this day with an event to which my pilot gave only a couple of words, due to his modesty.
During the repair, Bogdan pretty much cut his elbow with glass, which was lying in the grass. In truth, there was an idea to go to the camp altogether and leave it to experienced doctors, since the blood did not want to stop for a very long time. In general, great respect for the patience with which he withstood all these procedures with the treatment of the elbow. He didn't even show the pain. I can only imagine it!
Very busy, lively! Well done!
Congratulations to ShturMaria on joining our ranks))
We sing songs to the madness of the Brave (c)
Super Crew! Well done! Yes, and Lemonade is doing well.