Pelican Parts Forums - random pics that YOU have taken.......

I took video all the way up the mountain but it would be extremely boring to upload to youtube and watch 10 mins of us going 60kph up the thing so heres some youtube vids of Race to the Sky:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p0Qh0wGkDs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Piv7Eq8n7Y

Quote:

The hillclimb is held over a 15km (9 mile)gravel course with the average gradient of 1:11 with a 137 corners 9 of them hairpins...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r16iuLoiazs

but sadly its over
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H64VrzXXn-k

Near the top of the mountain the road forks to go to Snow Park or Snow Farm.
Snowpark is where Ken Block and DC filmed this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av0VsTxJd78

looking from Skifarm across the valley towards Cadrona Skifield on the next range

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/8567/dsc03248w.jpg

Some kite skiers at Snowfarm

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/8338/dsc03258m.jpg

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/7093/dsc03286i.jpg

At Snowfarm thy have winter testing facility that all the top carmakers use. To prove this story, here's a few maserati's I spied!!

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/5171/dsc03246h.jpg

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/9484/dsc03281.jpg

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/3616/dsc03288o.jpg

After mucking around in the snow it was back down the mountain and home we went :)

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/2918/dsc03321e.jpg

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4456/dsc03325p.jpg

If you ever get down to this part of the world, I definitely recommend driving these roads, the scenery is stunning!

J1NX3D

08-21-2009 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by J1NX3D

I'm back home now :(

a few more pics.

Saturday coming back down the mountain from Cadrona skifield and back to Wanaka.
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/3120/dsc03573l.jpg

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/3398/dsc03574.jpg

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/4268/dsc03629d.jpg

my flight out. cadrona skifield and the winter testing facility at snowfarm from the air.
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/5593/dsc03731x.jpg

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/8531/dsc03751f.jpg

and heres a few more i hadn't shared yet.

taxiing from the terminal at QT
http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/827/dsc03675s.jpg

circling over a part of QT
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/6602/dsc03682g.jpg

on the summit of that hill is a building used in Peter Jacksons Lord of the Ring trilogy. Its been left up as an attraction.
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/699/dsc03702r.jpg

nearly home and starting to descend as we flew past Mt Taranaki (AKA Mt Egmont)
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/5318/dsc03875e.jpg

lyon	08-21-2009 10:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dottore (Post 4850513)

I'm going to say Burgundy. Somewhere near Dijon.

rock of cashel. ireland

Bill Douglas

08-21-2009 11:45 PM

Nice pic's Mad.

Erakad

08-22-2009 06:04 AM

Some pictures from the "airshow" at Yokota AB, Japan today:

Weather was good, est. 60-70K in attendence

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1250949551.jpg

Japanese sent a couple of their old warbirds

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1250949611.jpg

Under guard, the stars of the show

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1250949660.jpg

Very cool fly-by of a U-2

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1250949711.jpg

Finally, the "Tokyo Sports Car Club" sent some grid girls

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1250949766.jpg

billybek

08-22-2009 04:33 PM

My son brought me a cold frosty beverage for the first time today!
I could get accustomed to being served!
Pic from Maine!http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1250987622.jpg

upwardr

08-22-2009 07:57 PM

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1250999638.jpg
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1250999747.jpg
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1250999810.jpg

dewolf

08-22-2009 08:14 PM

Local Porsche club Track day

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1251000364.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1251000467.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1251000555.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1251000650.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1251000742.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1251000835.jpg

abisel

08-23-2009 06:49 AM

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1251038847.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1251038885.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1251038910.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1251038931.jpg

austin552

08-23-2009 01:39 PM

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1251063065.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1251063208.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1251063512.jpg

campbellcj

08-23-2009 03:57 PM

A few more from the Monterey Historics -

I'm still culling and post-processing, which will take several weeks I suspect due to work/travel. The complete set will be on Flickr here.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2604/...072115b81c.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2449/...686266c775.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2421/...32c03ffab4.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2479/...78e1c89d44.jpg

J1NX3D

08-23-2009 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas (Post 4850761)

Nice pic's Mad.

Thanks Bill :)

kach22i

08-23-2009 05:08 PM

This Jag was in town the other day.

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x...ile/JAG1-1.jpg
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x...ile/JAG2-1.jpg

Those Ford (Cougar-ish) headlights are the weakest point in my opinion.

Racerbvd

08-24-2009 11:37 AM

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1251142464.jpg
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1251142520.jpg
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1251142644.jpg

kmhemi

08-24-2009 11:50 AM

Racerbvd:
wow that first one is fine....

sorry I dont have a pic to post...besides what could you even post to compare to that

Super_Dave_D

08-24-2009 08:24 PM

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1251174238.jpg

starlifter1

08-25-2009 09:01 PM

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1251262880.jpg

steve185

08-29-2009 12:46 PM

I took a picture of this little guy in the Bay of Fundy yesterday, not far from the Maine / New Brunswick border.
Steve http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1251578752.jpg

Dottore

08-29-2009 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Racerbvd (Post 4854899)

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1251142464.jpg

...what's not to like about a drunk, good-looking, stupid woman with big tits? The world needs more of these.

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