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Quote: DaButt @ January 17 2009, 12:40 AM GMT

Trust me, it's a desert and practically uninhabitable most of the year. The rocks have all washed down from the nearby Marble Mountains during flash floods.

Here's a photo of the mountains, my buddy (.357 Magnum in his lap) and the general surroundings of our campsite.

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I must admit that looks like an ace place to go camping.
But what if your mate suddenly went psycho?

Quote: Aaron @ January 17 2009, 12:43 AM GMT

Having been to the area myself, yes Ian, it is DEFINITELY desert. Just not the traditional image of mountains of sand.

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Have you really? A holiday of some sort?

Yeah, or went sleep shooting?

Those mountains look goooorgeous.

I wanna go there.
Only, not if I'm going to get accidentally shot up the bum by two blokes shooting at beer bottles.

Quote: zooo @ January 17 2009, 12:44 AM GMT

I wanna go there.
Only, not if I'm going to get accidentally shot up the bum by two blokes shooting at beer bottles.

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Quote: zooo @ January 17 2009, 12:44 AM GMT

I wanna go there.
Only, not if I'm going to get accidentally shot up the bum by two blokes shooting at beer bottles.

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Don't worry zooo, I'll be giving your bum a great amount of protection.

Quote: Moonstone @ January 17 2009, 12:43 AM GMT

But what if your mate suddenly went psycho?

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He's 90% psycho already, but I trust him not to shoot me as long as I'm not trying to steal his last bottle of bourbon.

We were in the Army together (he was actually my instructor for a course called 'Principles of Satellite Communications' in 1986) so we're both trained to use firearms safely.

Quote: Moonstone @ January 17 2009, 12:43 AM GMT

Have you really? A holiday of some sort?

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Yes, holiday and roadtrip across the west.

Quote: Aaron @ January 17 2009, 12:51 AM GMT

Don't worry zooo, I'll be giving your bum a great amount of protection.

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Aaron: Knight in Shining Kevlar Armor

Aw, he's like Batfink!

Quote: DaButt @ January 17 2009, 12:51 AM GMT

He's 90% psycho already, but I trust him not to shoot me as long as I'm not trying to steal his last bottle of bourbon.

We were in the Army together (he was actually my instructor for a course called 'Principles of Satellite Communications' in 1986) so we're both trained to use firearms safely.

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Ha! I think I can see him in that picture with one eye on his beer

Quote: Aaron @ January 17 2009, 12:51 AM GMT

Yes, holiday and roadtrip across the west.

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Wow. How old were you?

I could never venture that far cos I won't fly

Quote: zooo @ January 17 2009, 12:44 AM GMT

I wanna go there.
Only, not if I'm going to get accidentally shot up the bum by two blokes shooting at beer bottles.

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You're lucky if you see another person the entire weekend. Most are just looking for fossils and are unarmed - it is California, after all - so you'll be safe as long as we aren't in the area.

FYI, it's completely legal to shoot in that area. It's government land and we checked before we started packing the heavy artillery.

I'm only messing. I'm sure you know what you're doing.

(Guns are always scary though, especially to us non gun familiar Brits.)

Quote: Moonstone @ January 17 2009, 12:55 AM GMT

I could never venture that far cos I won't fly

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I haaaaaaate it. But will force myself to endure if there's a cool holiday at the other end.

Do you have a proper actual phobia then?

Quote: Moonstone @ January 17 2009, 12:55 AM GMT

Ha! I think I can see him in that picture with one eye on his beer

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There's Jim Beam and Coke in his cup. The beer (Samuel Adams) in the other chair is mine. He likes to go for the high-octane beverages first.

You should try to overcome your adversity to flying. There are a lot of great places to see on this planet. I was scared when I was a kid - I'm absolutely petrified of heights - but I just forced myself to get on a plane and now I fly almost 50,000 miles per year.

Quote: zooo @ January 17 2009, 12:58 AM GMT

I haaaaaaate it. But will force myself to endure if there's a cool holiday at the other end.

Do you have a proper actual phobia then?

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I do! I've never ever flown. Sometimes on the bus back to my home town we go through the airport and I see the planes and think f**k that!
It's more a fear of crashing than a fear of actually flying though, but I suppose they amount to the same thing?

Quote: Moonstone @ January 17 2009, 12:55 AM GMT

Wow. How old were you?

I could never venture that far cos I won't fly

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18.

And that's really your own fault, isn't it?

Quote: zooo @ January 17 2009, 12:58 AM GMT

(Guns are always scary though, especially to us non gun familiar Brits.)

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I've heard that the best customers at places like these are Brits and the Japanese.

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2006-04-05-vegas-guns_x.htm