Current president of Terra Del Sol Jeep club, Bill Kassler, on episode 84.  TDS hosts the annual Desert Safari on state parks lands near Ocotillo Wells.  They are gearing up for their 60th anniversary, Bill shares what their plans are.  Stay tuned, it’s going to be a good one.

3:17 – the beginning of On Any Sunday was any day in SoCal

6:21 – motorcycles kept us out of trouble

13:17 – I did some trails and I was terrified

23:37 – the history of the club

40:34 – yeah, we draw a crowd!

43:54 – you have to have a casual attitude towards body damage

1:00:43 – here’s a story that stands out about Bo 

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Saharan desert driver to tech editor, the path Verne Simons took along the way. There is science involved in episode 83 of Conversations with Big Rich.

1:52 – we’re all kind of married to this thing called off-road

8:52 – I stayed in a Bedouin tent as kid in the middle of the desert

12:49 – the ladies are in charge (we’re talking about lemurs here!)

19:32 – you don’t get pulled over in the Sahara desert for driving without a license

31:30 – it was like a lightbulb went off!

42:50 – it was sort of the heyday of magazines!

51:46 – we eloped and got married in Moab 

56:47 – I like the sound of tech editor better than senior editor

1:07:41 – I hate to be a total nerd, but I am a total nerd

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Energetic entrepreneur, Greg Higgs, has traveled many routes around the world.  Join us as the Fab Fours founder talks about bumpers, soapboxes, and supply chains. Episode 82 of Conversations of Big Rich.

3:18 – we bought that money pit

13:26 – drinking a beer around the same exact fire

17:27 – just the terrain and humidity changes

23:48 – a motto I’ve half-lived with – if you can dream it, I can build it

35:57 – what is the aspirational element of man?

41:37 – perfect segue to my soapbox!

53:01 – real beauty to fabricated sheet metal 

1:02:31 – the whole world is connected

1:11:43 – we’ve actually found a way inadvertently to engineer a moment in time where nothing is right to do this cataclysmic challenge

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Coming off a fresh win at the Rebelle Rally, Champion Nena Barlow, shares life, training, adventure, and the 2021 Rebelle with us. A master trainer, business owner, and self-proclaimed off-road enthusiast, Nena provides a lot of insight into what makes a perfect Rebelle and how others can better their experience.

3:30 – Jeeps and trucks and tractors, I drove everything

7:55 – I get claustrophobic in cities

12:43 – Jeep rentals were a natural fit for the business

17:11 – I saw the picture of the Ostrich!

24:00 – it sounds like a sewing machine

28:15 – my favorite people on the planet are in this one place for this week in October

32:46 – apply a little Maxtrax, a little shovel, a little Bubba Rope to get people unstuck 

40:15 – it’s so easy to get turned around, like being in the middle of the ocean

48:16 – how do we top this?

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Lifelong outdoor enthusiast, Kurt Schneider in Episode 80.  Wearing a lot of hats:  teacher, coach, land use advocate, Kurt influences others, the right way, by telling stories.

4:59 – heads we go to Florida, tails we go west, and it came up tails

8:07 – Life is about experiences

12:01 – there are pine trees!

13:45 – my dad introduces me to Ansel Adams

19:31 – close the hood and walk away

24:20 – my kids are working on stuff on the side of the road, just like me

36:50 – no good story ever started with a salad 

38:08 – started playing professional paintball

42:11 – hating on sealions

51:55 – here’s my confession

55:53 – Frank Sinatra has a cold

1:12:07 – in land use, we eat out young

1:21:07 – John Muir was about access

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Frank the Tank on Episode 79!  Listen in on Frank Alioto’s journey from mechanical engineer to Edelbrock to where he is now. His no-nonsense attitude after a life-altering accident has him back in an LJ and on the trails. This is a good one!

5:01 – we went 2 miles an hour all day and I had the best time!

9:07 – I did burnouts on Woodward in Detroit

12:58 – my first job out of college was designing shock absorbers in Sutter Creek

16:05 – the 405 is at least as tough on vehicles as the Rubicon

19:04 – Edelbrock had a lot of car enthusiasts, but not many of them were off-road enthusiasts

27:48 – I used to hot lap Golden Spike

34:02 – “you never go on a night run with a Toyota without a sleeping bag!” 

39:34 – the accident

47:27 – Disabled Sports run on the Rubicon

50:38 – I want this Jeep, and he’s like, you don’t need that Jeep (I got the Jeep)

53:27 – I fI had to thank every person who helped me with the vehicle, this would be 3 hours long – you know who you are and I cannot thank you enough

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Rounding out our trio of Farmington celebs is RJ Brown. The older of the Brown brothers, RJ brings a wealth of knowledge of the early days of rockcrawling and the characters involved. Listen in for some fun with RJ.

4:06 – we didn’t have any big city problems then

7:58 – the start of my motorsports type stuff

11:54 – I worked at a junkyard for free on Saturdays to get parts

14:17 – my dad was one of the cooler dads

19:22 – Harold Off gave us a Jeep to build

25:12 – when did you go with nitrous?

29:45 – who were the influencers in the early days? 

35:49 – that stuff was evolving so fast

39:59 – I quit when my kids started doing sports

41:54 – we’re building an OJ Bronco with my son

48:11 – Randy Ellis in Cedar City

54:26 – every weekend we were trying to think of a better way to advance

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Are you driver enough? OG course designer, Phil Collard, talks course setting philosophy with Big Rich. It’s interesting to hear how the original ARCA designer set courses. Phil’s had a long, full life since then.  Join us to learn more.

5:55 – I saw them help more people with problems

9:26 – how did you get started setting courses?

13:38 – how did you set courses?

18:55 – it was a chess match between me and the rest of the world

24:39 – I learned how to do it without having to drive it

30:46 – it’s Moab, it’s got to be the most difficult that there every was

34:31 – the goat cheese found the canyon 

36:25 – would you like to ride with me?

38:40 – I’m in a high-speed chase on that little tiny, skinny road

49:53 – personality of drivers that ranges from fantastic to even more fantastic

57:46 – that’s what happened with those spear things

1:03:11 – you’re changing the face of the industry

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Talk about being born into the sport!  Richard (Rick) Jenkins has almost forty years experience and he just turned 40 this year.  A player in the 4 Corners area, Rick has been instrumental in elevating Chokecherry Canyon and the Farmington area into the iconic wheeling area it is. Stick around and learn more of his history, from being in the crib in the back of an International Scout2 to leading Jeep Jamboree in Ouray and trail leading at EJS. If it’s in the Four Corners, you’ll find Rick out taking care of business.

6:45 – 4WD weren’t being built for wheeling, but to get where they needed to go

9:11 – on Intimidator, it took 8 hours to go one mile, and that trail is still one mile

15:12 – the Gladiator waterfall stands your rig straight up and down

21:55 – inclusivity on the trail

34:22 – let’s talk about Jim Peterson

44:51 – Off Again is my family

53:14 – Shut your face and let’s go wheeling

58:40 – we didn’t hold back, we filled that room

1:08:45 – what do you do when you aren’t wheeling?

1:17:32 – like 3% of that group uses the four wheel drive functionality

1:24:21 – we had a really good upbringing and lifestyle

1:31:00 – there were probably 15 families that really put the whole EJS together

1:39:06 – getting started competitive rockcrawling

1:45:39 – She (Jewell) really wants to run unlimited 

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Eighty years of adrenaline isn’t slowing Jack Bettio down. Join us on Episode 75 for a look back at the early years of rockcrawling. Jack has some gems in here.  East coast driver knows all the good guys.

4:52 – the alternate runway for the space shuttle is 14 miles long

9:06 – I was teaching for GM, but didn’t want to travel to teach

11:10 – might as well do this legal like

16:29 – the car I set the SeaGas record in has been restored

22:07 – I slipped out of the seatbelt and fell 75 feet out of the airplane

27:41 – I put her through law school and she sued me for a divorce

40:09 – I got off the plane in Aspen and saw a beautiful white CJ7, I want to buy that!

45:57 – how I met Tom Wood

52:23 – what was it like competing in the first event?

1:08:08 – if you’re a gear head, you’re my friend

1:17:45 – we just finished first place, I was 68, time to go

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