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Conquered the Thompson track!
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 1:32 am
by FORGE1
Hey dont know if this was someone from here but good effort haha wouldnt get me going in there on that side of the mountain.
http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/Forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=34314
Re: Conquered the Thompson track!
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 4:15 am
by geeves
Ive done both halves but a long time between. Did the Matamata side with Harry Vanlet who still turns up here from time to time He killed a wich on that trip. The view from the top is well worth the drive.
Did the KatiKati side a few years later. We cheated. 3 hours to the summit and 3 back on foot.
Harry has done the full trip in his swb bighorn but its not a road legal truck. Dont know if he still has it.
Re: Conquered the Thompson track!
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 4:03 am
by isuzurob
he did well in a standard bighorn, have done it in my white truck, and done the whole thing in 9hrs in a suzuki 413 ute (not really a suzuki) He was sponsered by suzuki nz for winch challenge comps is an amazing track but is hard on trucks