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Offline TrickyDicky

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New LSR event?
« on: September 18, 2016, 03:29:38 AM »
From a comment on Cook's Facebook page:
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... where this coming october 8th will take place the first LSR event at Uyuni, Bolivia

Anyone got any information about this?

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Re: New LSR event?
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2016, 12:44:19 AM »
Approximate length 80 miles.
Approximate area 4,300 square miles.
Approximate altitude 13,000 feet.
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« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2016, 06:40:03 AM »
http://www.uyuni3600.com/

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« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2016, 04:21:02 PM »
13000 foot elevation man that's going to be taxing to just breath let alone get air to burn.  :-o
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Re: New LSR event?
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2016, 04:58:50 PM »
Gregg: you going there to provide the audio feed?  :mrgreen:

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« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2016, 05:13:44 PM »
Yeah -- good question.  I've always wondered if Gregg gets high -- and 13,000 feet is sure high.

Oh - you mean like high altitude?  Sorry. :roll:
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Re: New LSR event?
« Reply #6 on: September 19, 2016, 10:24:30 PM »
Interesting that this place should pop up this week.

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https://mkefilm.org/salero/

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« Reply #7 on: September 20, 2016, 11:55:49 AM »
I didn't know the BLM had gone international.

Or maybe it's the Bolivia Land Mining raping for profit division.
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« Reply #8 on: September 21, 2016, 01:33:07 PM »
Yeah -- good question.  I've always wondered if Gregg gets high -- and 13,000 feet is sure high.

Oh - you mean like high altitude?  Sorry. :roll:

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« Reply #9 on: September 21, 2016, 02:31:50 PM »
Grace, what's this "...many years ago in my youth..." stuff?  I don't see it that I'm anywhere near done being a youth.  Are you giving up already?
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« Reply #10 on: September 21, 2016, 05:59:24 PM »
13,000 feet.......This would be a great venue for turbocharged engines
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« Reply #11 on: September 21, 2016, 06:15:48 PM »
I have heard that you would have to flight your racing rigs in and land on the salt.

If that's the case your talking Big $$$$$$ to go race.

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« Reply #12 on: September 21, 2016, 06:41:17 PM »
Looking in to it.
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« Reply #13 on: September 21, 2016, 06:59:31 PM »
If you read the movie trailer in Chris's link, it seems the Bolivian government is bringing access to the area so mining can start.
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Re: New LSR event?
« Reply #14 on: September 25, 2016, 11:56:49 PM »
I didn't know the BLM had gone international.

Or maybe it's the Bolivia Land Mining raping for profit division.

If you read the movie trailer in Chris's link, it seems the Bolivian government is bringing access to the area so mining can start.

Realistically, that'll be another salt flat we'll be able to kiss goodbye - They're mining Lithium.
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