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| Senior - BHPian  | Sorry for a late post but I just wanted to mention. AutoCraze, Since you have the experience of the NIOC events, it would be best to experience the TPC event to see if it matchs or not to other events. I am just saying, maybe you are right. But its only fair to judge and make such statement with the actual experience of those 2+ days on the river bed in the TN heat. Quote:
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 John John John ! hehe.Question To Organizers> Ohh Oh! forgot to ask. If I happen to find a OTR worthy jeep by then. (http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/4x4-ve...540-550-a.html) Would a Newbie be able to participate in atleast some of the events? Last edited by IronWolf : 27th May 2009 at 15:21. Reason: Forgot to add my question | ||||
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27th May 2009, 15:27
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27th May 2009, 16:12
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27th May 2009, 18:37
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27th May 2009, 19:48
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28th May 2009, 06:00
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28th May 2009, 09:45
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28th May 2009, 11:02
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Yup, but Volunteers need to understand offroading and should have the basic knowledge in handling a 4wd vehicle! | |
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28th May 2009, 11:26
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28th May 2009, 12:56
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| Senior - BHPian | Volunteers for TPC2009 We need volunteers to help us run and document the event. They are expected to meet the following criteria:
Also they will have to frog leap along the course to man various Special Stages. The Organizers will have a very tough time in the sun, and maybe not get to drive at all. Regards, Arka |
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30th May 2009, 17:50
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| Hello BHPians, Iam sorry for raising my views a bit late, I was held up with work. 'The Palar Challenge Is only for Sissies' I totally  1. If, it was a single day event and not 3 grueling days 2. If, we were not held up tight by the so called ‘Environmentally friendly,safety,team spirit,no alcohol etc’ set of rules. 3. If, it was held in an ambient temperature of 8 to 18 degrees 4. If, there were climbs of 10 or 12 feet instead of 30 – 40 feet 5. If, the climbs were of less gradient instead of near vertical ones 6. If, there was a shower and the sand was a little bit hard, instead of being too soft and sinking the broad deflated tires the moment we get in and forcing us to switch to 4X4 from the moment we enter the site, till the end in the evening, without even giving us a minute to have a kushy drive 7. If, we do not get dehydrated before noon and get a throbbing headache if we don’t hydrate ourselves enough 8. If, the dehydration and headache does not make us both mentally and physically fatigued 9. If, we have a 50 mtr run up to make a 10 – 20 feet climb instead of 5 – 10 mtrs 10. If, travelling from one stage of the competition to the other itself, was not a off road challenge 11. If our radiators don’t let us down in cooling the engine and keep the temperature below 100 degrees 12. If, the water crossings didn’t need a good vehicle preparation and a much better than average driving skills to wade through them 13. If, we had a good 200 or more Bhp under the hood. 14. If we had shift in the fly 4X4 / LSD /ABS/ EBD /ABCD  in our latest SWB offroader instead of the age old WWII models15. If, we had a AC cabin 16. If, our vehicle are the ‘off the shelf’, no maintenance latest generation vehicles instead of the Old horse which has to be pampered and spent 100s of hours in getting the fellow up on his feet and make it to ‘ Just rule the terrain’ 17. If somebody else could slog their brains and guts out in organizing a 3 day event for a fussy group of crazy guys { Including me } with A/C accommodation, great food, post trail booze, clean and neat star style toilets, planned program with military precision, ability to tackle any sudden situations with ease etc 18. If, somebody could sponsor me and a vehicle to the Dakar or the Rain forest challenge instead of myself spending valuable time/money/energy in preparing and participating in TPC THE LIST GOES ONNN… If all these ‘If’s are present , then, as I said before “The Palar Challenge Is only for Sissies”. But, the sad thing is, its not.Whether TPC is the toughest or not, is totally not my concern at all, but, it certainly taught me a lot of points in driving skills, mechanicals , safety in off roading, patience, ability to work as a group with good team spirit etc etc besides the most important thing… ‘Getting me a hell a lot of good friends’. So, in spite of all these pit falls, I think, I will make it again, to one of the ‘Most wonderful off road experience’ ……. TPC. Dr.Jones |
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30th May 2009, 19:53
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30th May 2009, 20:26
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30th May 2009, 21:30
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